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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... human opinion and conviction , and by history . 5 5 P. N. Trcmbelas , Apologetic Studies ( in Greek ) , Vol . I , p . 315 . So great was the conviction in antiquity , that all men without exception believed in God and had their religion ...
... human opinion and conviction , and by history . 5 5 P. N. Trcmbelas , Apologetic Studies ( in Greek ) , Vol . I , p . 315 . So great was the conviction in antiquity , that all men without exception believed in God and had their religion ...
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... human thought , the human mind in its inquisitiveness , searching through those thoughts which it is able to conceive , approaches and touches upon , as it were , the inaccessable and sublime nature of God . And though it does not ...
... human thought , the human mind in its inquisitiveness , searching through those thoughts which it is able to conceive , approaches and touches upon , as it were , the inaccessable and sublime nature of God . And though it does not ...
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... human things and by adding every perfection to divine matters to the highest degree . Thus we say that : 1. God Is Everywhere Present This means that God is everywhere . There is no part of creation from which God is absent ...
... human things and by adding every perfection to divine matters to the highest degree . Thus we say that : 1. God Is Everywhere Present This means that God is everywhere . There is no part of creation from which God is absent ...
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... human one , it is a human opinion . We imperfect humans , who are continuously changing opinions and feelings , perceive and understand God's energies as changing . Just as we ascribe to God the possession of eyes and hands and feet ...
... human one , it is a human opinion . We imperfect humans , who are continuously changing opinions and feelings , perceive and understand God's energies as changing . Just as we ascribe to God the possession of eyes and hands and feet ...
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