The Orthodox Church

"Since its first publication thirty years ago, Timothy Ware's book has become established throughout the English-speaking world as the standard introduction to the Orthodox Church. Orthodoxy continues to be a subject of enormous interest among Western Christians, and the author believes that an unde...

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Main Author: Kallistos, Bishop of Diokleia, 1934-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: London, England ; New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, Ã1993.
Edition:New ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • The beginnings
  • Byzantium, I, the church of the seven councils
  • Byzantium, II, the great schism
  • The conversion of the Slavs
  • The church under Islam
  • Moscow and St. Petersburg
  • The twentieth century, I, Greeks and Arabs
  • The twentieth century, II, Orthodoxy and the militant atheists
  • The twentieth century, III, diaspora and mission
  • Holy tradition, the source of the Orthodox faith
  • God and humankind
  • The church of God
  • Orthodox worship, I, the earthly heaven
  • Orthodox worship, II, the sacraments
  • Orthodox worship, III, feasts, fasts, and private prayer
  • The Orthodox church and the reunion of Christians.