The Greek Orthodox Church. By the Rev. C. Callinico.s. (Longmans.
3s. ed. net.)—The priest of the Greek Church at Manchester gives in this little book an interesting account of his section of the Eastern Church, whose hundred and twenty-six million members are divided into local Churches, among which is the Greek Church with twelve million adherents. The author and Bishop Wclldon, in a Preface. insist on the resemblances between the Anglican and the Eastern Church, which are both episcopal, national, and independent of Hems. The author admits that the Greek Church, under Turkish misrule, had fallen into a sad condition. He declares, however, that it is being reformed, that the clergy are now better educated and better paid, and that more attention is being given to popular religious teaching. Incidentally he states that the Oecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople has " a fatherly superiority " but is not the head of the Orthodox Church. The headship resides in the assemblage of its Patriarchs, Metro- politans, and Bishops, corresponding to one of the Councils of the early Church.
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