Author:  JOHN McGUCKIN  

#:  5644  

This book describes the turmoil of fifth-century Christianity, seeking to articulate its beliefs on the person of Christ. The conflicting interests of the Patriarchal Sees are the context of the controversy between Nestorius of Constantinople and Cyril of Alexandria. It presents the arguments of both sides particularly of St. Cyril whose Christology was adopted as standard.  - "a brilliant exposition" - "a clear and judicious account"  

Author:  JOHN BEHR  

#:  5642  

This series traces the development of the Christian's understanding of Christ. Comprehensive, powerful, and insightful, this set focuses on the fourth century, the era in which Christian theology was formulated as the Nicene faith, the common heritage of most Christians to this day. Part One, True God of True God, opens with a reflection on the nature of Christian theology, challenging common presuppositions, and an analysis and survey of the fourth century controversies, followed by studies of Alexander, Arius, the Council of Nicaea, and, Athanasius.Part Two, One of the Holy Trinity, provides analyses of the work of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa, together with their opponents, in particular Eunomius and Apollinarius.   

Author:  FR. JOHN BEHR  

#:  8168  

Starting with the Passion narratives the author examines how we should search the Scriptures to encounter Christ and in so doing to understand that we were created for this very thing. Fr. John opens up new perspectives on creation, the fall, sin and salvation history."This magnificently conceived, tightly presented and argued introduction to Christian theology is brilliant...I haven't enough superlatives to do it justice." Rev. Dr. Andrew Louth - Professor of Patristics and Byzantine Studies, University of Durham  

Author:  JOHN BRECK  

#:  8390  

This is an exploration of the ethical and moral dilemmas facing believers who live in the flesh but not for the flesh. A longing for God intersects the mundane. He takes media messages, politically charged issues, and religious suppositions and looks at them in light of the risen Lord. Are the Stories of Jesus’ Birth True? • Why Read the Church Fathers? • Maggie, Terri, and the Problem of Life- Support • Hurricanes and Hummingbirds • Poker, R.I.P. • The Gift of Silence • Prayer in the Spirit • What They Didn’t Teach Me in Seminary, Church Billboard Slogans.  

Author:  FR. ALEXANDER SCHMEMANN  

#:  62  

Shows how our experience of the worship of the Church should affect our whole life. Schmemann understands issues such as secularism and Christian culture from the perspective of the unbroken experience of the Church as revealed and communicated in her worship. Originally published under the title "Sacraments and Orthodoxy."  

Author:  FR. ALEXANDER SCHMEMANN  

#:  248  

This is a liturgical, theological and spiritual commentary on the Byzantine baptismal rite . It hopes that baptism might be rediscovered as the source and pattern of Christian life.  

Author:  VLADIMIR LOSSKY  

#:  464  

In twelve essays this highly distinguished theologian explores the implications of the Orthodox understanding of human destiny: communion in love with the triune God.  

Author:  ARCHIMANDRITE SOPHRONY  

#:  2861  

An interpretation of the life, personality and teaching of this twentieth century saint by perhaps his best known disciple. A classic of desert wisdom. It recalls the splendor and the profound mysticism of the great liturgical texts of the Orthodox Church.  

Author:  FR. ALEXANDER SCHMEMANN  

#:  445  

Father Alexander gives a profound and direct analysis of the Divine Liturgy. His sacramental realism and wholeness is exciting and refreshing for those who have been reared on scholastic categories. He shows how the shape of worship as it evolved from the earliest years to its crystallisation in Byzantium, and through ninth and the twelfth centuries.  

Author:  FR. JOHN MEYENDORFF  

#:  2363  

"This major study of Byzantine Christology is at the same time a study of the Orthodox understanding of man and his salvation."  

Author:  VLADIMIR LOSSKY  

#:  155  

One of the most important theologians of our century investigates central questions : Can we know God? What is the relation between Creator and creature? How are we saved?  

Author:  ED. ALEXANDER SCHMEMANN  

#:  1974  

An anthology of modern Russian religious thought. Topics include love, sexuality, freedom, creativity, ecumenical encounters, brotherhood, and the joy of the Resurrection. The writers include Khomyakov, Solovyov,Florensky,Bulgakov,Berdyaev and Fedotov.  

Author:  ED FR JOSEPH ALLEN  

#:  359  

A range of essays presenting the breadth of Orthodox theological thought.  

Author:  ROGERS, GREGORY  

#:  233  

The implications and reality of Apostolic Succession in a fragmented Christian world.  

Author:  PROTOPRESBYTER JOHN ROMANIDES  

#:  5726  

Fr. John Romanides was one of the greatest theologians of the twentieth century Greek Orthodox Church whose works are now beginning to be made available in English. Having lived in America and actively engaged in ecumenical dialogues he was concerned to present the uniqueness of Orthodoxy by challenging the foundations of much contemporary Christian theology. Here he sets out in concise form the foundations of Orthodox theology and differentiates them from those of the Christian West. Parallel English - Greek text.  

Author:  FR. ALEXANDER MEN  

#:  1504  

Translated from Russian. A series of talks given informally by Fr. Alexander to members of his parish community around the kitchen table, during the era of Soviet persecution. They focus on the personality of Christ and the nature of the Church.  

Author:  ST. THEOPHAN THE RECLUSE  

#:  1468  

This is a classic textbook of the spiritual life. Breathes profound insights in every line. Includes how to separate from one's thoughts and emotions and thus to be free of compulsive behaviour. How to eradicate evil in one's heart. How to find "the kingdom of heaven within you". How to acquire Grace.   

Author:  T. L. FRAZIER  

#:  1824  

Explains why Orthodox venerate the relics of the saints and what the biblical and apostolic foundations of this practice are.  

Author:  PHILIP SHERRARD  

#:  1694  

The author was educated at Cambridge, taught at Oxford University and made his home in Greece. His work is "immensely stimulating". This study seeks to indicate both the fundamental character and some of the consequences of the division in Christendom between the Greek East and the Latin West, and delineates especially the underlying foundations of Greek Christian thought and contrasts them with those of the West. The intellectual background of the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the modern western world is then explained. This work will be of interest to theologians, philosophers and historians alike.  

Author:  ELDER PORPHYRIOS TRANS. FR. JOHN RAFFAN  

#:  7955  

Elder Pophyrios, who reposed in 1991, was a spiritual giant of the twentieth century Greek Orthodox Church. This is an intimate autobiography of his life, followed by his thoughts on the spiritual life. It has been eloquently translated into English in a highly readable style. Edifying and encouraging, it inspires the reader's love for God and desire to keep His commandments.