The Orthodox Way: Revised Edition
Overview
This book is a general account of the doctrine, worship and life of Orthodox Christians by the author of the now classic The Orthodox Church. It raises the basic issues of theology: God is hidden yet revealed; the problem with evil; the nature of salvation; the meaning of faith; prayer; death and what lies beyond. In so doing, it helps to fill the need for modern Orthodox catechism. Yet this book is not a mere manual, a dry-as-dust repository of information. Throughout the book, Bishop Kallistos Ware shows the meaning of Orthodox doctrine for the life of the individual Christian. Doctrinal issues are seen not as abstract propositions for theological debate but as affecting the whole of life.
A wealth of texts drawn from theologians and spiritual writers of all ages accompanies Bishop Kallistos’ presentation. They, too, reveal Orthodoxy not just as a system of beliefs, practices and customs but indeed as the Way.
- Explores the doctrine, worship, and life of Orthodox Christians
- Examines theological themes including salvation, prayer, and the attributes of God
- Addresses the meaning of Orthodox doctrine for the life of the individual Christian
- God as Mystery
- God as Trinity
- God as Creator
- God as Man
- God as Spirit
- God as Prayer
Top Highlights
“To believe in God is not to accept the possibility of his existence because it has been ‘proved’ to us by some theoretical argument, but it is to put our trust in One whom we know and love. Faith is not the supposition that something might be true, but the assurance that someone is there.” (Page 19)
“For the Orthodox themselves, however, loyalty to Tradition means not primarily the acceptance of formulae or customs from past generations, but rather the ever-new, personal and direct experience of the Holy Spirit in the present, here and now.” (Page 9)
“God cannot be grasped by the mind. If he could be grasped, he would not be God.” (Page 12)
“We see that it is not the task of Christianity to provide easy answers to every question, but to make us progressively aware of a mystery. God is not so much the object of our knowledge as the cause of our wonder.” (Page 16)
“Egocentricity is the death of true personhood. Each becomes a real person only through entering into relation with other persons, through living for them and in them. There can be no man, so it has been rightly said, until there are at least two men in communication. The same is true, secondly, of love. Love cannot exist in isolation, but presupposes the other. Self-love is the negation of love.” (Pages 34–35)
- Title: The Orthodox Way
- Author: Kallistos Ware
- Publisher: St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
- Print Publication Date: 1979
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 195
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Orthodox Eastern Church › Doctrines; God (Christianity)
- ISBNs: 0913836583, 9780913836583
- Resource ID: LLS:ORTHODOXWAY
- Resource Type: Monograph
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