In. Swamps. Lectures on the history of the ancient church . Volume I (1907) NATURAL SCIENCES, ESOTERICS Title: Lectures on the History of the Ancient Church. Tom I. Introduction to Church History Author: Vasily Bolotov Publishing House: C. -Petersburg: Printing house M. Merkusheva Year: 1907 Pages: 252 Format: pdf (rar) Size: 12.3 MB Quality: good (with bookmarks) Language: Russian. The history of the first millennium of Christian civilization is inseparable from the history of the church. Vasily Vasilyevich Bolotov (1853-1900) - Russian historian and philologist, corresponding member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in the category of historical and political sciences . Bolotov’s main scientific interest was in studying the history of the Middle East and, above all, church history. The degree of depth and thoroughness with which Bolotov approached the study of the topic of interest to him is amazing. For example, Bolotov considered it necessary to know the languages of the original sources of ancient church history: Greek, Latin, Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian. In addition to these, he was also familiar with Assyrian-Babylonian cuneiform, ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, Farsi and Sanskrit. Of the new languages, Bolotov spoke German, French, English, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian and Portuguese... Bolotov’s works on the history of ancient Christian churches, always containing a lot of new, aroused lively and deep interest among specialists from many countries. For the totality of his works, Bolotov received in 1896 the degree of Doctor of Church History .. The result of his research was a monumental 4-volume work "Lectures on the History of the Ancient Church" (1907-1918), published on student records after his death. In this work, the history of the Christian Church from the time of the apostles to the division of churches in 1054 is described in great detail on the basis of primary sources and modern critical data to the author. 1 2 3 4 5