Author: Timothy WarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
The Orthodox Church
Author: Timothy WareWelcome to the Orthodox Church
Author: Frederica Mathewes-GreenPublisher: Paraclete Press
ISBN: 1612614345
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Welcome to the Orthodox Church—its history, theology, worship, spirituality, and daily life. This friendly guide provides a comprehensive introduction to Orthodoxy, but with a twist: readers learn by making a series of visits to a fictitious church, and get to know the faith as new Christians did for most of history, by immersion. Mathews-Green provides commentary and explanations on everything from how to “venerate” an icon, the Orthodox understanding of the atonement, to the Lenten significance of tofu. It’s the perfect book for inquirers and newcomers, but even readers who have been Orthodox all their lives say they learned things they never knew before. Enjoyable, easy-to-read, and leavened with humor, Welcome to the Orthodox Church is a gracious guide to the ancient faith of the Christian East.
The Orthodox Eastern Church
Author: Adrian FortescueThe Eastern Orthodox Church
Author: Ernst BenzPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351304747
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Western European Christendom finds it difficult to comprehend the Eastern Orthodox Church because it knows little about the practice and doctrines of Orthodoxy. Even what is known is overlaid by many strata of prejudices and misunderstandings, partly political in nature. One of the obstacles has been the natural tendency to confound the ideas and customs of the Orthodox Church with familiar parallels in Roman Catholicism. To escape this tradition pitfall, Ernst Benz focuses on icon painting as a logical place to begin his examination of the Orthodox Church. Beginning with a brilliant discussion of the importance of icons in the Eastern Church--and the far-reaching effects of icons on doctrine as well as art--Benz counteracts the confusion, explaining simply and clearly the liturgy and sacraments, dogma, constitution and law of Eastern Orthodoxy. In brief history, he describes the rise of Orthodox national churches, schismatic churches, and churches in exile; the role of monasticism and its striking differences from Roman Catholic monasticism; the missionary work of the Orthodox Church; and the influence of Orthodoxy on politics and culture. The role of the church can be defined in terms of the image. Benz writes that the church exists so that "members may be incorporated into the image of Jesus Christ a in that individual believers are aechanged into his likeness'" as Paul writes in the second letter to the Corinthians. Thus, Orthodox theology holds up the icon as the true key to the understanding of Orthodox dogma. The Eastern Orthodox Church will be valuable to anyone interested in learning more about the church, its thought, its life, and its ideals.
The Orthodox Eastern Church
Author: Adrian FortescueThe Eastern Orthodox Church
Author: John Anthony McGuckinPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030025217X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
An insider’s account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, from its beginning in the era of Jesus and the Apostles to the modern age In this short, accessible account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, John McGuckin begins by tackling the question “What is the Church?” His answer is a clear, historically and theologically rooted portrait of what the Church is for Orthodox Christianity and how it differs from Western Christians’ expectations. McGuckin explores the lived faith of generations, including sketches of some of the most important theological themes and individual personalities of the ancient and modern Church. He interweaves a personal approach throughout, offering to readers the experience of what it is like to enter an Orthodox church and witness its liturgy. In this astute and insightful book, he grapples with the reasons why many Western historians and societies have overlooked Orthodox Christianity and provides an important introduction to the Orthodox Church and the Eastern Christian World.
Eastern Orthodox Theology
Author: Daniel B. ClendeninPublisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 0801026512
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A clear introduction to Eastern Orthodoxy and key aspects of the tradition. Now contains new articles and additional readings on Orthodoxy and evangelicalism.
Introducing the Orthodox Church
Author: Anthony M. ConiarisPublisher:
ISBN: 9781933654089
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Author: Alfredo TradigoPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892368457
Category : Christian saints in art
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Catalogues the heritage of images according to type and subject, from the ancient at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai to those from Greece, Constantinople, and Russia. This book includes chapters such as role of icons in the Orthodox liturgy and on common iconic subjects, including the fathers and saints of the Eastern Church.
Introducing Eastern Orthodox Theology
Author: Andrew LouthPublisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830895353
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
With an estimated 250 million adherents, the Orthodox Church is the second largest Christian body in the world. This absorbing account of the essential elements of Eastern Orthodox thought deals with the Trinity, Christ, sin, humanity, and creation as well as praying, icons, the sacraments and liturgy.