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Elesha Coffman is associate editor of Christian History.

For more on Eastern Orthodoxy, see issue 54 of Christian History magazine. The text is available online, but the print magazine version is, like all issues of the Christianity Today sister publication, highly illustrated:

Tia M. Kolbaba's The Byzantine Lists is available at Amazon.com and other book retailers. More information on the book is available from University of Illinois Press, while more information on Kolbaba is available from Princeton.

Christian History Corner appears every Friday at ChristianityToday.com. Previous Christian History Corners include:

"Kill Them All" | The medieval church was deadly serious about eliminating 'heretical' Cathars. (Sept. 11, 2000)

All Together Now | What qualifies as an ecumenical council anyway? (Sept. 1, 2000)

Soviets, Schism, and Sabotage | How the government manipulated division in the Russian Orthodox Church. (Aug. 18, 2000)

Sacrifice at Sea | The story that wasn't in James Cameron's Titanic. (Aug. 11, 2000)

Colonial Soul | The Cross and The Tomahawk series examines our nation's past from many perspectives. (Aug. 4, 2000)

The Fifth Evangelist | Johann Sebastian Bach was a musician "who lived the Bible." (July 28, 2000)

How the Other Half Lived | Chronicling the forgotten gender in the Bible and church history. (July 21, 2000)

A Cure for Cliophobia | While not for "dummies" or "complete idiots," a new guide introduces church history to the beginner. (July 14, 2000)

New Stabs at Old Wounds | Why Northern Ireland doesn't always love a parade. (July 7, 2000)

Camp Fire | The earliest recorded Methodist camp meeting in America took place 200 years ago this week. (June 30, 2000)

For Better or Worse | The diaries of a frontier missionary couple reveal starkly differing perspectives. (June 23, 2000)

Like Father, Like Son | The Mather men followed the faith—and career paths—of their fathers. (June 16, 2000)

Agent of Grace | PBS's Bonhoeffer film shows us a theologian in action. (June 9, 2000)

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