A synthesis of doctrine, spirituality and biblical scholarship applied to the similarities and differences between old and new revelation in the Bible.

New And Old In God's Revelation

Benedict Englezakis

Religion & Spirituality

St. Vladimirs Seminary Press

The first complete modern history of the Russian Orthodox Church from the revolution to the present day, this unique two-volume work is thoroughly researched original study based on published sources, official Soviet writings, samizdat materials, unpublished biographies, and extensive personal interviews with Russian church leaders and recent émigrés. This remarkable blend of scholarly research and personal reflection provides the reader with an "insider's view" of contemporary Russian church history and religious life. 
Pospielovsky skillfully analyzes the vents which contribute to the mosaic underlying the survival, growth, and often precarious situation of the Russian Orthodox Church today: revolutionary turmoil; the reestablishment of a canonical, patriarchal administration; persecution and the attempt at wholesale liquidation of the Church; schismatic movements and "catacomb" groups; and stunning successes in the ideological competition with Marxist atheism. With its extensive appendices, footnotes, and bibliography, this is a work that is essential reading for scholars, laymen and women, theologians, ecumenical church leaders, statesmen and politicians - all who are concerned for religious freedom and human rights in our modern world. 
The author, Dimitry Pospielovsky, is Associate Professor of History at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

The Russian Church Under the Soviet Regime, 1917-1982 (Volume 2)

Dimitry Pospielovsky

This collection of writings by Matthew the Poor focuses on the living Christ of history: His Nativity, Passion, Resurrection, Ascension, and relation to the Church and the Holy Spirit in dogmatic and ascetical theology. Revealing the essence of the Christian life in simple yet profound images, Matthew's discourses on humility, repentance, asceticism, fasting, suffering, and unity convey the Gospel message in powerful terms to modern man.

The Communion of Love (English and Arabic Edition)

Matthew the Poor

A look at the Orthodox Church's canon law, using examples from the Church's history.

The Challenge of Our Past: Studies in Orthodox Canon Law and Church History

Erickson, John H.

In considering the issue which has divided Christians in the past and still divides them today, a group of Orthodox theologians from different theological perspectives reflect upon the scriptural passages which single out Peter among the disciples of Jesus. Koulomzine ("Peter's Place in the Primitive Church") and Kesich ("Peter's Primacy in the New Testament and the Early Tradition"), as exegetes, read the passages in the light of contemporary New Testament research. John Meyendorff ("St Peter in Byzantine Theology") looks at the history of exegesis: how were these passages read at the time when East and West split, quarrelling about the issue of authority in the Church? Finally, Schmemann ("The Idea of Primacy in Orthodox Ecclesiology") and Afanassieff ("The Church Which Presides in Love") look at the meaning of "primacy" as a permanent, through changing, factor of "catholic" ecclesiology. 
At a time when an ecumenical reconciliation between Rome and Eastern Christianity appears possible'but when new tensions (or are they actually the old ones?) are surging again'these studies set forth the Orthodox position of the primacy of Peter. 
CONTRIBUTORS: John Meyendorff is dean and professor of church history and patristics at St Vladimir's Seminary; Alexander Schmemann (†1983) was dean of St Vladimir's Seminary and taught church history and liturgical theology (1962-1983); Nicholas Afanassieff (†1966) was a professor of canon law and church history at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris; Nicholas Koulomzine is a professor of New Testament at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris; Veselin Kesich is professor emeritus of New Testament at St Vladimir's Seminary.

The Primacy of Peter: Essays in Ecclesiology and the Early Church

Christian Books & Bibles

Catholicism

This Festschrift honors the retirement of Bishop Kallistos Ware from thirty-five years of university teaching. It celebrates his joyful heart, which radiates a spirituality of one who has found his monastic "desert" among the "dreaming spires" of academia, and his "cell" in the university lecture room. The Festschrift comprises articles based on historical, theological, and spiritual themes - some of which are listed here: Ã‚Â• "The Greek Writings Attributed to Saint Ephrem the Syrian," by Ephrem Lash Ã‚Â• "Embodied Word and New Creation: Some Modern Orthodox Insights Concerning the Material World," by Elizabeth Theokritoff Ã‚Â• "The Theology of the Philokalia," by Andrew Louth Ã‚Â• "Faithfulness and Creativity," by John Behr Ã‚Â• "The Vision of God and the Form of Glory," by Alexander Golitzin Ã‚Â• "Creation, Cross and Resurrection in Early Welsh Poetry," by A.M. (Donald) Allchin Ã‚Â• "On Good and Evil," by Thomas Hopko

Abba: The Tradition of Orthodoxy in the West (Festschrift for Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia)

Andrew Louth

Dimitri E. Conomos

Money & Salvation: An Invitation to the Good Way

Andrew Geleris

Behold the Thief with the Eyes of Faith

Mark G. Bilby

Sermons from the Life of St John Chrysostom (Popular Patristics Seires)

St. John Chrysostom

Journey to Simplicity: The Life and Wisdom of Archimandrite Roman Braga

Daniel B. Hinshaw

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