1

[A. Bergson. Leg deus sources de la morale et de la religion. Paris 1932.]

2

Mitre. Filaret. Words and Speeches, vol. IV, Moscow, 1882, p. 148.

3

Cm. See the article by M. H.-Ch. Puech. Ou en est ie probleme du gnosticisme? Revue de l'Universite de Bruxelles, 1934, №№ 2, 3.

4

M.-J. Congar, O. P. Chretiens desunis, Principes d'un «oecumenisme» catholique. Ed. du Cerf, 1937, p. 15.

5

Acts of the Synod of Constantinople for August-September 1872 at Mansi. Coil. concit, t. 45, col. 417-546. See also the article by M. Zyzykine. L'Eglise orthodoxe et la nation. Irenikon, 1936, p. 265-277.

6

For example, the Moscow Patriarchate has dioceses in North America and Tokyo, [This corresponded to the state of affairs in the 1940s, when this work was written.

7

The name "Ecumenical Councils," given in the East to the first seven general councils, corresponds to a reality of a purely historical order: they were councils of the "ecumenical" territory of the Byzantine Empire, which included, at least theoretically, the entire Christian world. In later epochs, the Orthodox Church convened similar Councils, which, although not called "ecumenical," were neither less crowded nor less significant.

8

Useful information about Eastern monasticism can be found in a small book by N. F. Robinson. Monasticism in the orthodox Churches. London, 1916. On Athos, see F. W. Hasluck. Athos and its monasteries. London, 1924, and F. S pund a. Der heilige Berg Athos. Leipzig. Insel-Verlag, 1928. On monastic life in Russia, see the works: Smolitsch. Studien zum Klosterwessen Russlands. Kyrios, 1937, N 2, pp. 95-112; 1939, N 1. pp. 29- 38; and especially by the same author, Das altrussische Monchtum (II-16 Jhr.). Gestalter und Gestalten. Wurzburg, 1940, in Das ostliche Christentam, XI.

9

Cm. on this topic: E. Benz. Heilige Narrheit. Kyrios, 1938, № I-2, pp. I-55; M-me Behr-Sigel. Les «fous pour ie Christ» et la «saintete laique» dans l'ancienne Russie. Irenikon, XV, 1939, pp. 554-565; Gamayoun. Etudes sur la spiritualite populaire russe: I, Leg «fous pour ie Christ». Russie et chretiente, 1938-39, I, pp. 57-77.

10

I. Smolitsch. Leben und Lehre der Starzen. Vienne, 1936.