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New. The social-consciousness that began as an ephemeral philosophy and moral code in pagan Greco-Roman society gained a body in Byzantium. Father James Thornton, an Orthodox priest, is careful to point out that the Eastern Church Fathers developed no formal socio-political theory but rather ''offered ideas formulated and proclaimed, not as unrelated bits of data or as vaguely-related addenda to a body of dry theological beliefs, but as integral parts of a living theology rooted in Christ and the New Testament. '' As the Orthodox church historian Georges Florovsky succinctly puts it, ''The Fathers themselves were always servants of the Word, and their theology was intrinsically exegetical. '' This does not excuse Byzantium from its obvious failures. Extravagance was as rampant as poverty in some cases, but Fr. Thornton points out that insofar as the patristic message permeated society it genuinely transformed it. Combining his discussion of Church Fathers with objective historical survey, Fr. Thornton manages to maintain a sense of piety without slipping into (as one reviewer states) ''the snide secular spirit that underlies the thought of some Orthodox writers on this subject. '' In our estimation, Thorton has treated his subject fairly and created a volume beneficial to all Christians, East and West. 166 pp.
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