FOREWORD

PUBLISHER'S FOREWORD

INTRODUCTORY THOUGHTS

CHAPTER I THE WISDOM OF THE CHURCH SOPHIA

THE INCLUSIVE WISDOM OF THE CHURCH'S FOUNDER

THE INCLUSIVE WISDOM IN THE CHURCH'S ORGANISATION

THE INCLUSIVE WISDOM IN THE CHURCH'S DESTINATION

CHAPTER II THE DRAMA OF THE CHURCH

THE DRAMATIC FORMATION OF THE CHURCH

THE EXTERNAL CONFLICTS OF THE MILITANT CHURCH

THE INTERNAL CONFLICTS OF THE CHURCH

CHAPTER III THE AGONY OF THE CHURCH

THE LITTLE ISLANDS AMIDST THE OCEAN

SELF-CASTIGATION

A COMMON ILLUSION

CHAPTER IV THE VICTORY OF THE CHURCH WHAT IS THE CHURCH?

THE POVERTY OF EUROPEAN CIVILISATION

THE CHRISTIANISATION OF THE CHURCH

THE ONLY NECESSARY EXCLUSIVENESS OF THE CHURCH

ECCLESIA TRIUMPHANS

HOLY CHURCH IN HOLY EUROPE

Title: The Agony of the Church (1917)

Author: Nikolaj Velimirovic

Language: English

Produced by Project Rastko, Nikolaj Velimirovic Project, RÉnald LÉvesque and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net

THE AGONY OF THE CHURCH

BY THE REV. NICHOLAI VELIMIROVIC, D.D. OF ST SAVVA'S COLLEGE, BELGRADE

WITH FOREWORD BY THE REV. ALEXANDER WHYTE, D.D. PRINCIPAL OF NEW COLLEGE, EDINBURGH LONDON

STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT 32 RUSSELL SQUARE, W.C.

1917

Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh.