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Author | : Michael Prokurat |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2010-04-06 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1461664039 |
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Of the three major branches of Christianity, Orthodoxy is the least known and most misunderstood. The A to Z of the Orthodox Church provides students, researchers, and specialists with a desk encyclopedia of the theology and theologians, saints, sinners, places and events of the Eastern Church. Two millennia of the religion are surveyed in over five hundred concise entries, concentrating primarily on the last 150 years. Includes an overview of the early Church through the Byzantine and Russian Empires, into the present multinational Orthodox presence in the ecumenical movement. Many of the general entries cannot be found elsewhere in English, and the comprehensive compilation of biographies of 19th- and 20th-century Orthodox theologians (American, Russian, Greek, and many other nationalities) is published here for the first time. This book includes a detailed 4,000-year chronology, illustrations, extensive bibliography, and an appendix listing the current canonical patriarchs and autocephalous churches.
Author | : George W. Grube |
Publisher | : Regina Orthodox Press,Csi |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781928653035 |
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Contains approximately 3,000 entries defining terms used in the Orthodox Church. In addition to the author's vast research, it includes submissions from Orthodox bishops, priests and educators who were kind enough to share items they have collected over the years.
Author | : Gawdat Gabra |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2009-10-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0810870576 |
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During the first century, Saint Mark brought Christianity to Egypt and in so doing, formed the basis for the Coptic Orthodox Church. Today, Copts, members of the Coptic Church, compromise the largest Christian Community in the Middle East. The Coptic Church is more than 19 centuries old and has produced thousands of texts and biblical and theological studies. During the last half of the 20th century, however, economic and political discrimination has forced between 400,000 and one million Copts to emigrate from Egypt, with the majority settling in North America and Australia. The A to Z of the Coptic Church details the history of one of the oldest Christian churches. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and more than 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important people, organizations, and structures; the theology and practices of the church; its literature and liturgy; and monasteries and churches.
Author | : George W. Grube |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781880971741 |
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A practical handbook of the Church for laypeople and inquirers. Packed with useful information about the Church, i.e. what it teaches, how it worships, its sacraments (mysteries), feasts, calendar and prayers. It traces the history and customs of the Church, theology of the Faith and how it sees itself as the authentic Church of Christ. The various topics in the Handbook are supported by hundreds of quotes from the Church Fathers and Holy Scripture (a book in itself). At the end of the Handbook is a 40-page Glossary containing 500 terms, definitions and descriptions of historical figures related to Orthodoxy. All of this in one 256-page volume. 2nd printing.
Author | : Elizabeth Theokritoff |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2008-12-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1139827944 |
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Orthodox Christian theology is often presented as the direct inheritor of the doctrine and tradition of the early Church. But continuity with the past is only part of the truth; it would be false to conclude that the eastern section of the Christian Church is in any way static. Orthodoxy, building on its patristic foundations, has blossomed in the modern period. This volume focuses on the way Orthodox theological tradition is understood and lived today. It explores the Orthodox understanding of what theology is: an expression of the Church's life of prayer, both corporate and personal, from which it can never be separated. Besides discussing aspects of doctrine, the book portrays the main figures, themes and developments that have shaped Orthodox thought. There is particular focus on the Russian and Greek traditions, as well as the dynamic but less well-known Antiochian tradition and the Orthodox presence in the West.
Author | : Sophie Koulomzin |
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Release | : 1968 |
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Author | : Ernst Benz |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2017-09-29 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1351304747 |
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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.
Author | : Zoe Knox |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2004-06-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1134360827 |
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Russian Society and the Orthodox Church examines the Russian Orthodox Church's social and political role and its relationship to civil society in post-Communist Russia. It shows how Orthodox prelates, clergy and laity have shaped Russians' attitudes towards religious and ideological pluralism, which in turn have influenced the ways in which Russians understand civil society, including those of its features - pluralism and freedom of conscience - that are essential for a functioning democracy. It shows how the official church, including the Moscow Patriarchate, has impeded the development of civil society, while on the other hand the non-official church, including nonconformist clergy and lay activists, has promoted concepts central to civil society.
Author | : Stephen H. R. Upson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1953 |
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Author | : Frederica Mathewes-Green |
Publisher | : Paraclete Press |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2015-04-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1612614345 |
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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.