==CONTENTS ==*INTRODUCTION BY BISHOP WELLDON ... V *PREFACE ix *LIST OF ARMENIAN NAMES \VITH THEIR EQUIVA LENTS IN ENGLISH ..... XV *PREFACE TO THE FRENCH EDITION . . . xvii *INTRODUCTORY . XXxi ==PART I =====HISTORY ===*ORIGIN OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH . . 3 *THE PRIMITIVE ERA OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH 6 *THE COMPLETE CONVERSION OF ARMENIA . 10 *FORMATION OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL HIER ARCHY 14 *THE ARMENIAN CHURCH IN THE FOURTH CEN TURY l8 *THE BEGINNING OF ARMENIAN LITERATURE . 22 *THE ARMENIAN CHURCH IN THE FIFTH CENTURY 2& *THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON ... 31 *A SUCCESSION OF QUARRELS . . 37 *A RETURN TO THE QUARRELS ... 42 *PEREGRINATIONS OF PATRIARCHS . . 47 *THE PATRIARCHAL SEAT IN CILICIA . . 53, *XIII. ATTEMPTS TOWARDS UNION 57 *XIV. LEANINGS TOWARDS UNITY ... 65 *XV. THE RETURN TO ETCHMIADZIN ... 71 *XVI. THE PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE . 76 *XVII. A PERIOD OF AWAKENING. . 79 *XVIII. A SURVEY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . 84 *XIX. A SURVEY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . 89 ==PART II =====DOCTRINE ===*XX. THE PRINCIPLES OF DOGMAS ... 97 *XXI. THE DOGMAS OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH . IOI *XXII. THE PROFESSION OF FAITH . . . 105 *XXIII. THE SPIRIT OF TOLERANCE . . . 110 *XXIV. THE DOCTRINE OF SACRAMENTS . .114 *XXV. PRECISION IN DOCTRINE 1l8 ==PART III =====RULE ===*XXVI. ORGANISATION OF THE HIERARCHY . . 125 *XXVII. THE ARMENIAN HIERARCHY . . . 131 *XXVIII. ECCLESIASTICAL FUNCTIONS . . . 135 = Содержание =PART IV =====DISCIPLINE ===*XXIX. THE CLERGY AND CELIBACY . . . 141 *XXX. THE ECCLESIASTICAL REVENUES . . 146 *XXXI. THE LAITY IN THE CHURCH . . . 151 *XXXII. THE NAME OF THE CHURCH . . . 157 ==PART V =====LITURGY ===*XXXIII. THE CHURCH BUILDINGS . . . 163 *XXXIV. THE MINISTERS OF WORSHIP . . . 168 *XXXV. THE OBLIGATIONS OF WORSHIP . . 175 *XXXVI. THE SYSTEM OF THE CALENDAR . . l8o *XXXVII. THE DOMINICAL FESTIVALS . . . 185 *XXXVIII. THE COMMEMORATION OF SAINTS . . ==PART VI =====LITERATURE ===*XXXIX. A GENERAL SURVEY .... 201 *XL. THE LATEST SIGNS .... 205 ==PART VII =====THE PRESENT TIME ===*XLI. THE EXTERNAL ASPECT .... 211 *XLII. THE VARIOUS SECTS .... 214 *XLIII. THE NATIONAL CHARACTER . . . 2l8 *XLIV. THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHURCH 222 ===APPENDICES ===*CHRONOLOGY OF SUPREME PATRIARCHS . 22Q *STATISTICS OF ARMENIAN DIOCESES . . 239 *INDEX 245