Theology

A devotional journey through the liturgy. Most inspiring and informative.

Detailed, illustrated explanation of ten major icons of the Festal cycle and of the iconography of God (the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit), of the Panagia or Theotokos, of Saint John the Baptist and of the Angels, followed by illuminating remarks of Saint Nectarios of Aegina and Photios Kontoglou on iconographic "Types" and "Archetypes."

The inspiring story of over two thousand evangelical Christians and their search for historic Christianity. This book is for evangelical Christians on their own search for the Church. It is also for Orthodox Christians looking for renewal.

Why are so many Anglicans considering entrance into the Orthodox Church? Written entirely by former Anglicans/Episcopalians, this book contains a strong apologetic for the Orthodox Faith as well as personal testimonies by those who have recently made the pilgrimage.

A basic text on the Greek Orthodox Church, its faith, life, and practice. The new edition contains sections on liturgical and sacramental life and the spirituality of the Greek tradition. Topics covered include an extensive overview of the doctrinal and sacramental tradition of the Orthodox, covering the seven sacraments, an overview of Church history, and the history of Orthodoxy in America.

Sixteen essays on Orthodox Ethics. Fr. Harakas' "holistic" approach to faith, life, motives, norms, behavior and interior dispositions permeate each volume.

A guide to the Orthodox understanding of Death and Resurrection

The voice of John Zizioulas may turn out to be the fresh voice for which theology and especially ecclesiology have long been waiting. In the context of a complete theology, which includes extended consideration of the major theological topics - the Trinity, Christology, eschatology, ministry, and sacrament, but above all, the Eucharist - the author propounds a fresh understanding, based on the early Fathers and the Orthodox tradition, of the concept of person, and so of the Church itself.

His consideration of the local church as "catholic" in the literal sense, and the need to understand the universal Church, not as a superstructure but as the communion of all Churches, provides the program for the ecclesiology of the future.

Yves Congar has written that he considers the author to be "one of the most original and profound theologians of our epoch" and that he "presents a penetrating and coherent reading of the tradition of the Greek Fathers."

John Zizioulas is Metropolitan of Pergamon, in the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

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Being as Communion is part of the CONTEMPORARY GREEK THEOLOGIANS SERIES.

Alexander Schmemann suggests an approach to issues such as secularism and Christian culture from the perspective of the unbroken experience of the Church, as revealed and communicated in her worship, in her liturgy - the sacrament of the world, the sacrament of the Kingdom.

In response to the myriad solutions offered by the scientific community, Anestis G. Keselopoulos proposes another dimension, a theological solution put forth ten centuries ago by the Byzantine mystic St Symeon the New Theologian.