I. Chapter 2: Byzantium I, The Church of the Seven Councils
1. What was the vision that Constantine had, and what were its three consequences?
2. Be able to describe the first six ecumenical councils, their attendant controversies, and their proclamations.
3. What was the Iconoclastic Controversy?
4. What is the significance of icons in the life of Orthodoxy?
5. Describe the emergence of monasticism. What are the 3 forms of monasticism? What is the role of monasticism in the Orthodox tradition?
6. What was the role and place of bishops and emperors in Byzantium?
II. Chapter 3: Byzantium II, The Great Schism
1. What were the factors that lead to the estrangement, and the eventual schism, between Eastern and Western Christendom?
2. What was the Hesychast Controversy, and why is it a significant issue in the history of Orthodoxy?
3. What was the Council of Florence in 1438-9, and why is it significant in Orthodoxy?
III. Chapter 5: The Church Under Islam
1. What was the political arrangement between Arabs and Byzantine Christians after 1453, and what two effects did this have on Orthodoxy?
2. What two effects did the Turks have upon the intellectual, theological life of the Church?
3. Describe the contacts between, on the one hand, Orthodoxy, and, on the other hand, the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation.
IV. Chapter 7: The Twentieth Century I, Greeks and Arabs
1. What are the five different areas wherein Orthodoxy resides today?
2. Describe the recent history of Orthodoxy in the four ancient Patriarchates.
3. Describe the recent history of Orthodoxy in Cyprus and Greece.
V. Chapter 9: The Twentieth Century III, Diaspora and Mission
1. Discuss the spread of Orthodoxy in the West.
2. How has Orthodoxy been a missionary Church?
VI. Chapter 10: Holy Tradition, The Source of Orthodox Faith
1. What does the Orthodox Church mean by Tradition?
2. Discuss the 7 major sources of Tradition in Orthodoxy?
VII. Chapter 11: God and Humankind
1. Discuss the nature of God according to Orthodox theology.
2. What are the differences between the "hawks" and the "doves" in the Filioque controversy?
3. Discuss the human person in Orthodoxy, considering humankind's creation in the image and likeness of God, the issue of grace and free will, and the fall.
4. How does the Orthodox tradition understand the nature and function of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit?
5. Describe the Orthodox goal of theosis.
VIII. Chapter 12: The Church of God
1. What is the Orthodox understanding of the Church?
2. How are we to understand the unity and infallibility of the Orthodox Church?
3. What does it mean for an Orthodox Christian to say that "outside the Church there is no salvation"?
4. What is the role and function of the bishop in Orthodoxy? Of councils?
5. How is the Blessed Virgin Mary understood in Orthodoxy
6. What is the Orthodox view of the "Last Things"?
IX. Chapter 13: Orthodox Worship I, The Earthly Heaven
1. What does Ware mean when he says that "The Orthodox approach to religion is fundamentally a liturgical approach, . . . " (266)?
2. How is Orthodox worship like heaven on earth?
3. Discuss the architectural features of Orthodox worship.
X. Chapter 14: Orthodox Worship II, The Sacraments
1. How do Orthodox Christians understand the sacraments?
2. Discuss the following sacraments in Orthodoxy: Baptism, Chrismation, the Eucharist, and Repentance
XI. Chapter 15: Orthodox Worship III, Feasts, Fasts, and Private Prayer
1. What are the issues over the calendar in the Orthodox tradition?
2. What is the place of private prayer in Orthodoxy?
XII. Chapter 16: The Orthodox Church and the Reunion of Christians
1. What are the attitudes of Orthodox Christians towards those Christians who are not members of the "one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church"?
2. How does Ware see the prospects of Eastern and Western Christians learning from one another?