Church, State, and Opposition in the U.S.S.R.

Gerhard Simon

University of California Press, 1974 - Political Science - 248 pages

Contents

• Church State and Society on the Eve of the Russian Revolution: 1
• Antoni Vadkovsky Metropolitan of St Petersburg: 41
• The Soviet State and the Church: 64
• The Churches in the Soviet Union Today: 101
• State Pressure and Church Resistance: 154
• The Underground Church: 176
• Documents: 188
• 23 Alexander Solzhenitsyns letter to the Patriarch and Zheludkovs reply: 201
• Letter of the 1453 mothers: 208
• Fraternal leaflet Nos 781971: 219
• Open letter of the reform Baptist congregation at Uzlovaya Tula region: 225
• 78 The Unrest in the Catholic Church of Lithuania: 229
• The Voice of the Old Believers: 237
• Chronolog1cal table: 240
• Select b1bl1ography: 242
• Index: 245

Bibliographic information

• Title: Church, State, and Opposition in the U.S.S.R.
• Author: Gerhard Simon
• Publisher: University of California Press, 1974
• ISBN: 0520026128, 9780520026124
• Length: 248 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / General