Ortodoxa & orientaliska kyrkor

Den helige Fader Johannes föddes år 1873 i en liten by i Tvers guvernement i Ryssland som Ivan Aleksejevitj Aleksejev. Han dog i sin munkcell i Heinävesi i Finland år 1958. Nästan hela sitt liv tillbringade han i Valamo kloster, med undantag av en...

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I boken Östkyrkans mystiska teologi möter vi en sällsynt djuplodande och genomgripande undersökning av ett fundamentalt begrepp inom teologin: mystiken. När den västerländska teologin ofta betonat ett rent intellektuellt och filosofiskt synsätt ha...

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Sedan Timothy Wares bok publicerades första gången för trettio år sedan har den i hela världen betraktats som den främsta introduktionen till den ortodoxa kyrkan. Det är en detaljerad presentation, skriven för icke-ortodoxa såväl som ortodoxa kris...

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Originally published in 1999, The Rites of Christian Initiation was haled for its clarity and comprehensiveness. Kalian McDonnell, OSB, called it the best overall treatment of Christian initiation available, and Paul Bradshaw predicted it would be...

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I denna boks kärnfulla sentenser friläggs en vision av påsken där förståelsen av Kristi kors inte hänvisas till ett juridiskt paradigm. Här handlar dialektiken inte så mycket om skuld och rättfärdiggörelse; kampen står mellan liv och död, ljus och...

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The Orthodox Christian tradition is filled with wisdom and guidance about the biblical path of salvation. Yet this guidance remains largely inaccessible to parents and often disconnected from the parenting challenges we face in our homes. Parentin...

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"Before there was a West, there was Christendom. This book tells the story of how both came to be." (from the Introduction)   The Age of Paradise is the first of a projected four-volume history of Christendom, a civilization with a supporting...

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Orthodox Christianity: A Very Short Introduction explores the history, beliefs, and practices of the Orthodox Church. Although it is Christianity's second largest denomination, Orthodoxy remains shrouded in mystery and misinformation. This Very Sh...

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'Martin's book is the delighted exclamation of someone who has learnt - is learning - to swim in the ocean that is Orthodoxy: "Come on in; it is lovely here!"'Andrew Louth Until now, there has been little in the way of an accessible guid...

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'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...

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If you have ever wondered exactly how we got from the Christian society of the early centuries, united in its faithfulness to apostolic tradition, to the fragmented and secular state of the West today, The Age of Division will answer all your ques...

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Continuing the epic of Christendom told in earlier volumes, The Age of Paradise and The Age of Division , the author explains how, between the Italian Renaissance of the fourteenth century and the Russian Revolution of the twentieth, secular human...

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In modern parlance, the word sacrifice conjures images of suffering, loss, and even martyrdom. But sacrifice as practiced in the Old Testament and throughout the ancient world was most often the occasion of joyous celebration-a way of drawing near...

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From advertising to social media, from trauma survival to keeping up with the Joneses, shame is deeply embedded in our culture and our psyches, directing much of our behavior from far behind the scenes. But is all shame bad? Popular author and spe...

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Pope Shenouda III is a treasure chest. Oh, if one could peak inside! This book is exactly the vent through which we can peak into his soul. Here we taste the sweetness of his God-centered life through his dialogues with God. We cannot say that we ...

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In The Whole Counsel of God , popular writer and podcaster Fr. Stephen de Young gives an overview of what the Bible is and what is its place in the life of an Orthodox Christian, correcting many Protestant misconceptions along the way. Issues cove...

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Syrisk-ortodoxa kyrkans tro och liv är en bok som riktar sig främst till syrisk-ortodoxa. Boken består av tre delar. I den första delen presenteras Syrisk-ortodoxa kyrkans tro och liv med utgångspunkt i den heliga Bibeln, den heliga Kyrkans liturg...

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Så många vilsefarna ord om religion i allmänhet och kristendom i synnerhet som idag svirrar i vårt universum har nog aldrig tidigare existerat. Hur skall man här finna den säd som är fruktbar? Gudsmoder är den som, från den allra första tiden efte...

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The expression "churchianity" was coined by C. S. Lewis. It is a word that describes the parable of Christ-or rather, the event-in which the Lord Jesus Christ pronounced his condemnation on the barren fig tree. Had it been barren, leafless, dead, ...

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För första gången presenteras här på svenska en av ortodoxa kyrkans viktigaste helgon och läromästare, helige Gregorios Palamas (1296 1359). Helige Gregorios Palamas är ett helgon och en kyrkofader som levde i Bysans på 1300-talet. Han gav, på ett...

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St Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662) beautifully expounds the meaning of the Divine Liturgy in this work, which had a profound influence on the subsequent tradition, beginning with St Germanus of Constantinople (PPS 8). Maximus' vision of the lit...

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Taught by God  grapples with the difficult sayings of Christ. The author uses all the resources of the patristic tradition and modern biblical scholarship to put these sayings in a clearer light. If we are able to delve into the dee...

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Febe Armanios explores Coptic religious life in Ottoman Egypt (1517-1798), focusing closely on manuscripts housed in Coptic archives.

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När en ung andlig revolutionär mot slutet av 900- talet framträdde i den kristna världens östliga metropol, Bysans, var det början till en förnyelse vars rännilar når ändå in i vår tid. Symeon den nye teologen vittnar om vad som är möjligt när en ...

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"An engaging, sophisticated yet accessible, account of the Orthodox Church-its self-understanding, theology, sacramental life, and history. . . . One of the best introductions available."-John Behr, author of The Mystery of Christ An ins...

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Den Helige Ande i den syriska doptraditionen är en noggrann behandling av nyckeln till vilken liturgisk tradition som helst - den helige Andes roll i liturgin. Med en stark medvetenhet om traditionen i syrisk kristendom börjar Brock sitt utforskan...

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This book examines the receipt, transmission, and interpretation of the Old Testament in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. Looking at the various ways Orthodox Christians sought to assimilate the Old Testament in the spiritual, liturgical, and doctr...

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Father Stephen De Young, creator of the popular  The Whole Counsel of God  podcast and blog, traces the lineage of Orthodox Christianity back to the faith and witness of the apostles, which was rooted in a first-century Jewish worldview....

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What does it mean to "think Orthodox"? What are the unspoken and unexplored premises and presumptions underlying what Christians believe? Orthodox Christianity is based on preserving the mind of the early Church, its phronema . Dr. Jeannie Constan...

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