Download or read book Byzantine Theology written by John Meyendorff and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, for the first time in English, is presented a synthesis of Byzantine Christian thought. The reader is guided through its complexities to an understanding of Byzantium: its view of man and his destiny of "deification"; its ability to transcend the "Western captivity"; its survival under quite adverse historical circumstances.