Orthodox Christianity: Overview and BibliographyCarl S. Tyneh Nova Publishers, 2003 - 347 pages The Orthodox Church is one of the three major branches of Christianity. There are over 300 million adherents throughout the world. The Orthodox Church is a fellowship of independent churches, which split form the Roman Church over the question of papal supremacy in 1054. The Orthodox adherents include people in: Greece, Georgia, Russia, and Serbia. There are an estimated one million members in the United States. This Advanced book explains the basic principles of Orthodox Christianity and describes in detail the holidays observed by the Orthodox Church. In addition, relevant book literature is presented in bibliographic form with easy access provided by title, subject and author indexes. |
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... Lights , to grant us the illumination of the Holy Spirit so that by reading this book we may understand and comprehend well what we read , what we believe and what we profess and follow as Orthodox . Athens , Christmas 1973 . Prologue ...
... Lights , to grant us the illumination of the Holy Spirit so that by reading this book we may understand and comprehend well what we read , what we believe and what we profess and follow as Orthodox . Athens , Christmas 1973 . Prologue ...
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... light of Faith he enters into the realm of heavenly and divine truths , which he clearly sees with this divine illumination and which he reveres with devotion and piety . 3. The Definition of Faith We now come to the definition of Faith ...
... light of Faith he enters into the realm of heavenly and divine truths , which he clearly sees with this divine illumination and which he reveres with devotion and piety . 3. The Definition of Faith We now come to the definition of Faith ...
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... Light » . « God is Light » . « God dwells in light unapproachable » , as His Apostle states . But God Himself gave to Himself a name . This name is « < He Who is » O ON . When He sent the prophet Moses to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians to ...
... Light » . « God is Light » . « God dwells in light unapproachable » , as His Apostle states . But God Himself gave to Himself a name . This name is « < He Who is » O ON . When He sent the prophet Moses to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians to ...
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... Light The Evangelist St. John reveals this to us when he says , « God is light , and in Him there is no darkness at all " ( I John 1 , 5 ) . God is light , uncreated light , « noetic light , which moves our soul's eyes to a perception ...
... Light The Evangelist St. John reveals this to us when he says , « God is light , and in Him there is no darkness at all " ( I John 1 , 5 ) . God is light , uncreated light , « noetic light , which moves our soul's eyes to a perception ...
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... Lights , there is " no variableness , neither shadow or turning » ( James 1,17 ) . There is neither change in His thoughts and decisions , nor modification or change in His movements like that which occurs with the shadow of things that ...
... Lights , there is " no variableness , neither shadow or turning » ( James 1,17 ) . There is neither change in His thoughts and decisions , nor modification or change in His movements like that which occurs with the shadow of things that ...
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Page 15 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor...