Ortodoxa & orientaliska kyrkor

Sedan Timothy Wares bok publicerades första gången för trettio år sedan har den i hela världen betraktats som den främsta introduktionen till den ortodoxa kyrkan. Det är en detaljerad presentation, skriven för icke-ortodoxa såväl som ortodoxa kris...

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Fader Sofrony, Serge i Sacharov (1896 1993), var utan tvekan en av vår tids mer framstående andliga gestalter. Han var en förvaltare och förnyare av den rysk-ortodoxa fromhetstradition där teologisk reflexion och livet med Gud är ett. Efter att i ...

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In modern parlance, the word sacrifice conjures images of suffering, loss, and even martyrdom. But sacrifice as practiced in the Old Testament and throughout the ancient world was most often the occasion of joyous celebration-a way of drawing near...

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In The Whole Counsel of God , popular writer and podcaster Fr. Stephen de Young gives an overview of what the Bible is and what is its place in the life of an Orthodox Christian, correcting many Protestant misconceptions along the way. Issues cove...

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Den helige Fader Johannes föddes år 1873 i en liten by i Tvers guvernement i Ryssland som Ivan Aleksejevitj Aleksejev. Han dog i sin munkcell i Heinävesi i Finland år 1958. Nästan hela sitt liv tillbringade han i Valamo kloster, med undantag av en...

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I boken Östkyrkans mystiska teologi möter vi en sällsynt djuplodande och genomgripande undersökning av ett fundamentalt begrepp inom teologin: mystiken. När den västerländska teologin ofta betonat ett rent intellektuellt och filosofiskt synsätt ha...

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'Orthodoxy claims to be universal . . .' Since its first publication fifty 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...

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Infanticide. Holy war. Divine wrath. Violence in the Old Testament has long been a stumbling block for Christians and skeptics alike. Yet conventional efforts to understand this aspect of Scripture-whether by downplaying it as allegory or a relic ...

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The gospel of Jesus Christ is not about what Jesus can do for your life. It is not even the answer to the question, "How can I be saved?" It is the declaration of a victory. In His coming to earth, His suffering, and His Resurrection, Christ conqu...

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De spridda pärlorna är en omfattande översikt av den syrisk litteraturhistorien. Till skillnad från motsvarande europeiska verk redogör De spridda prälorna för den syriska litteraturhistorien från dess början till 1900-talet. Ignatius Aphram I Bar...

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In this book, a revised, annotated, and expanded second edition of Thologie dogmatique, edited in the French by Olivier Clment and Michel Stavrou, readers encounter Lossky's classroom lectures on dogmatic theology. Lossky confronts the great quest...

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Genom utgivningen av denna bok bereds ortodoxa kristna och andra intresserade ett lite större utbud av ortodox pastoral litteratur ämnad att besvara frågor som nutids¿ människan kan möta. Denna bok om det kristna äktenskapet är en mycket värde¿ fu...

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Revealing unexpected truths about early desert spirituality, this volume argues that the lives of Barsanuphius and John relate closely to contemporary urban communities and how clergy tackle social challenges. The early Desert Fathers and Mothers ...

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Many people today are uncertain about what they believe and how they should live. They seek for a tradition that demonstrates antiquity and possesses authenticity. This newly translated volume of the writings of the Orthodox spiritual teacher Igna...

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The Church of the Holy Spirit, written by Russian priest and scholar Nicholas Afanasiev (1893-1966), is one of the most important works of twentieth-century Orthodox theology. Afanasiev was a member of the "Paris School" of emigre intell...

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Father Stephen De Young, creator of the popular  The Whole Counsel of God  podcast and blog, traces the lineage of Orthodox Christianity back to the faith and witness of the apostles, which was rooted in a first-century Jewish worldview....

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A systematic contemporary presentation of Orthodox ecclesiology. Significant chapters on Eucharist and catholicity, apostolic continuity and succession, ministry and communion, and the local church.

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Upon this rock I shall build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matt. 16:18). The question of the identity of the Church, its membership, hierarchy, and mysteries, is of paramount importance today and also the primary ...

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An icon (from the Greek word eikon, "image") is a wooden panel painting of a holy person or scene from Orthodox Christianity, the religion of the Byzantine Empire that is practiced today mainly in Greece and Russia. It was believed that ...

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Many Christians today divide ancient Jewish and Christian literature into two categories: what is in the Bible and what is not. The Christian East, however, has traditionally described a third category considered beneficial for Christians to read ...

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Popular Patristics Series Volume 44A "When I first opened his De Incarnatione I soon discovered I was reading a masterpiece... for only a master mind could have written so deeply on a subject with such classical simplicity." -C.S. Lewis,...

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On a pilgrimage to the heart of Orthodox Russia, Father Spyridon encounters the living witness to an ancient spirituality. In monasteries, churches and at holy shrines,he discovers the authentic voice of Christianity.

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When I first opened his De Incarnatione I soon discovered I was reading a masterpiece ... for only a master mind could have written so deeply on a subject with such classical simplicity. -- C.S. Lewis, from the Introduction By any standard, this i...

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Originally published in 1999, The Rites of Christian Initiation was haled for its clarity and comprehensiveness. Kalian McDonnell, OSB, called it the best overall treatment of Christian initiation available, and Paul Bradshaw predicted it would be...

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Foreword by the Translators The story about the life of Saint Seraphim of Sarov1, the miracle-worker, was first printed by the Monastery of Sarov in 1893. It was then re-written by N. Puretzki and published by the printer I. D. Sytin in Moscow in ...

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I denna boks kärnfulla sentenser friläggs en vision av påsken där förståelsen av Kristi kors inte hänvisas till ett juridiskt paradigm. Här handlar dialektiken inte så mycket om skuld och rättfärdiggörelse; kampen står mellan liv och död, ljus och...

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Ileana, Princess of Romania and Archduchess of Austria-who in later life became Mother Alexandra, founder of the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration in Pennsylvania-wrote this memoir shortly after relocating to the US in the 1950s. It tells ...

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Herrens bön är den mest centrala bönen i Kyrkan. Vi ber den ofta, enskilt och gemensamt i nästan alla sammanhang. Den kallas Herrens bön eftersom det var Jesus Kristus själv, vår Herre, som lärde oss den. Många grekiska, latinska och syriska förfa...

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