The Orthodox Church
Subtitle: an introduction to Eastern Christianity
By: Timothy Ware (Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia)
Edition: Third edition. New edition.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780141980638; 9780141925004
Subjects: Doctrines; History; 11.53 Eastern Churches; Orthodox Eastern Church; Doctrinal Theology
First sentence: 'Orthodoxy claims to be universal . . .'
     Since its first publication fifty years ago, Timothy Ware's book has become established throughout the English-speaking world as the standard introduction to the Orthodox Church. 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 such widely ranging matters as Ecumenical Councils, Sacraments, Free Will, Purgatory, the Papacy and the relation between the different Orthodox Churches.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-336) and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 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.