Remembering and reclaiming Diakonia
Subtitle: the Diaconate yesterday and today
By: John Chryssavgis.
Publisher: Holy Cross Orthodox Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Brookline, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781935317036
Subjects: Deacons -- Orthodox Eastern Church
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Deacons in the service of Christ; title: The Savior as servant and deacon; title: The deacon as servant of Christ; title: Service and servanthood; title: The Apostolic Diaconate; title: Historical origins : diverse models and definitions; title: The deacons who minister unto God; title: Evidence from the Old and New Testaments; title: The historical Diaconate; title: The golden age; title: Early councils and canons; title: Developments in the West; title: From then to now; title: Diakonia and hierarchia; title: Spiritual dimensions of Diakonia; title: Authority and ministry; title: The threefold ethos of Christ and of all Christians; title: The Diaconate through the ages to the present; title: The ministry of deacons; title: The liturgy of deacons; title: The ordination of deacons; title: The spirituality of deacons.