It may seem odd to begin a chapter summary of a book on Orthodoxy with a quote from a Protestant, but the famous G.K. Chesterton describes the struggles on the early Church in a most delightful and graphic manner.

How did the Church go from worshipping at the Last Supper, gathering in upper rooms, meeting in homes to magnificent churches like Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) in Constantinople where we find a “united liturgical organism?” In this chapter we explore different regions of the world.