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The Orthodox Church : an introduction to Eastern Christianity / Timothy Ware (Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia).

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [London] : Penguin Books, 2015Edition: Third editionDescription: vi, 352 pagine : carte geografiche ; 20 cmContent type:
  • testo (txt)
Media type:
  • senza mediazione (n)
Carrier type:
  • volume (nc)
ISBN:
  • 9780141980638
  • 014198063X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 281.9 23
LOC classification:
  • BX106 .W3 2015
Other classification:
  • BQX 5811.W3 2015
Contents:
Part 1. History. 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 -- Part 2. Faith and worship. 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.
Summary: Orthodoxy continues to be a subject of enormous interest among western Christians, and the author believes that an understanding of its standpoint is necessary before the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches can be reunited. In this revised and updated edition he explains the Orthodox views on a wide variety of matters, and considers the relation between the different Orthodox Churches.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Corsi/Seminari Corsi/Seminari Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Temporary Library BQX 5811.W3 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0030215485

Include bibliografia (pagine 320-336) e indice.

Part 1. History. 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 -- Part 2. Faith and worship. 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.

Orthodoxy continues to be a subject of enormous interest among western Christians, and the author believes that an understanding of its standpoint is necessary before the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches can be reunited. In this revised and updated edition he explains the Orthodox views on a wide variety of matters, and considers the relation between the different Orthodox Churches.