Welcome to the Orthodox Church

Author: Frederica Mathewes-Green
Publisher: 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.

Facing East

Author: Frederica Mathewes-Green
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062463535
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
The Classic Story of a Family's Pilgrimage into the Orthodox Church Veiled in the smoke of incense, the Eastern Orthodox Church has long been an enigma to the Western world. Yet, as Frederica Mathewes-Green discovered, it is a vital, living faith, rich in ritual beauty and steadfast in integrity. Utilizing the framework of the Orthodox calendar, Mathewes-Green chronicles a year in the life of her small Orthodox mission church, eloquently illustrating the joys and blessings an ancient faith can bring to the worshipers of today.

Introducing the Orthodox Church

Author: Anthony M. Coniaris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780933654082
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

At the Corner of East and Now

Author: Frederica Mathewes-Green
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781888212341
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 269

Book Description
The author describes Eastern Orthodoxy and her life as a pastor's wife in Baltimore.

The Eastern Orthodox Church

Author: John Anthony McGuckin
Publisher: 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.

Introducing Eastern Orthodox Theology

Author: Andrew Louth
Publisher: 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.

Orthodoxy

Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
ISBN: 398647949X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 187

Book Description
Orthodoxy G. K. Chesterton - Orthodoxy (1908) is a book by G. K. Chesterton that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. Chesterton considered this book a companion to his other work, Heretics. In the book's preface Chesterton states the purpose is to "attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to believe it." In it, Chesterton presents an original view of Christian religion. He sees it as the answer to natural human needs, the "answer to a riddle" in his own words, and not simply as an arbitrary truth received from somewhere outside the boundaries of human experience.

Becoming Orthodox

Author: Peter E. Gillquist
Publisher: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
This is the story of a handful of courageous men and their congregations who risked stable occupations, security and the approval of life-long friends to be obedient to God's call. It is also the story of every believer who is searching for the Church. Where Christ is Lord. Where holiness, human responsibility, and the sovereignty of God are preached. Where fellowship is more than a covered-dish supper in the church basement. And where fads and fashions take a backseat to apostolic worship and doctrine.

Turning to Tradition

Author: Oliver Herbel
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199324956
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
This book examines Christian converts to Orthodoxy who served as exemplars and leaders for convert movements in America during the twentieth century.

Further Up and Further in

Author: Edith McEwan Humphrey
Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press
ISBN: 9780881415971
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Drawing on Lewis's broad corpus, both his beloved classics and his less well-known writings, Humphrey brings Lewis into conversation with Orthodox thinkers from the ancient past down to the present day, on subjects as diverse and challenging as the nature of reality, miracles, the ascetic life, the atonement, the last things, and the mystery of male and female. -- ‡c From back cover.