The Eastern Orthodox Church, its thought and life.
[1st ed.]
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Author
Publication
1963 - Anchor Books, Garden City, N.Y, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
57,500 words, Guess
Page Count
230 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL5877503M
- OCLC Control Number965143
- Internet Archiveeasternorthodoxc00benz
- Library of Congress Control Number63007690
- LibraryThing1068216
Classifications
- DDC281.9
- LCCBX320.2 .B413
Description
"The non-Orthodox Western European finds it most difficult to comprehend the Eastern Orthodox Church because he knows little about the life and doctrines of Orthodoxy and even this little is overlaid by many strata of prejudices and misunderstandings, partly religious, partly political in nature. One of the stumbling blocks has been our natural tendency to confound the ideas and customs of the Orthodox Church with familiar parallels in Roman Catholicism." The author counteracts the confusion, explaining the liturgy and sacraments, dogma, constitution and law of Eastern Orthodoxy. In a brief history, he describes the rise of Orthodox national Churches, schismatic Churches and Churches in exile; the role of monasticism--and its striking differences from Roman Catholic monasticism; the missionary work of the Orthodox Church; and the influence of Orthodoxy on politics and culture.
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Series Statement
- Anchor,
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