______________________________________________________

THE WESTERN RITE AND THE EASTERN CHURCH

J.J. Overbeck and his scheme for the reestablishment
of the Orthodox Church in the West

by

DAVID F. ABRAMTSOV

A.B., UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in the Division
of the Social Sciences in partial fulfillment of the
Requirements for the degree of Master of Arts

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
1961
______________________________________________________

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

OVERBECK'S BACKGROUND AND CONVERSION TO ORTHODOXY

OVERBECK AND HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS ROME

OVERBECK AND HIS VIEW OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

OVERBECK'S PETITION TO THE RUSSIAN SYNOD

OVERBECK AND THE OLD CATHOLIC MOVEMENT

BONN REUNION CONFERENCES

OVERBECK'S SCHEME AND THE PHANAR

REASONS FOR THE FAILURE OF THE SCHEME

OVERBECK'S COLLABORATORS - A.V. Richardson, J.T. Seccombe, G.V. Shann, E. Harrison, J.N.W.B. Robertson, Other Associates of Overbeck.

OVERBECK'S WRITINGS

APPENDIX A - Outlines of the Constitution of the Orthodox Catholic Church of the West.

APPENDIX B - Petition to the Most Holy Governing Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.

BIBLIOGRAPHY