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.

Welcome to the Orthodox Church

Author: Frederica Mathewes-Green
Publisher: Paraclete Press
ISBN: 1612614353
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Welcome to the Orthodox Church

Author: Frederica Mathewes-Green
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
ISBN: 9781557259219
Category : RELIGION
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Different from other introductory works on Orthodoxy, this one doesn't simply provide essential historic and theological information, but allows you to see the faith as it is practices by ordinary people.

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.

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

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.

A Basic Guide to Eastern Orthodox Theology

Author: Eve Tibbs
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1493430912
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 285

Book Description
Eve Tibbs offers a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the beliefs and practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church for Western readers. Tibbs has devoted her career to translating the Orthodox faith to an evangelical audience and has over twenty years of experience teaching this material to students. Assuming no prior knowledge of Orthodox theology, this survey covers the basic ideas of Eastern Orthodox Christianity from its origins at Pentecost to the present day.

Mary As the Early Christians Knew Her

Author: Frederica Mathewes-Green
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
ISBN: 9781612613437
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 159

Book Description
A remarkable volume features three ancient texts--a brief prayer to Mary found on a scrap of papyrus in Egypt about a hundred years ago, The Gospel of Mary and The Annunciation Hymn of Rejoicing--that open up the life of Mary, and her role in the church, in new and sometimes startling ways. $10,000 ad/promo.

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.