The Eastern Orthodox Church: Its Thought and Life
de Ernst Benz
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- 0202362981
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- 9780202362984
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Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
New. Western European Christendom finds it difficult to comprehend the Eastern Orthodox Church because it knows little about the practice and doctrines of Orthodoxy. Even what is known is overlaid by many strata of prejudices and misunderstandings, partly political in nature. One of the obstacles has been the natural tendency to confound the ideas and customs of the Orthodox Church with familiar parallels in Roman Catholicism. To escape this tradition pitfall, Ernst Benz focuses on icon painting as a logical place to begin his examination of the Orthodox Church. Beginning with a brilliant discussion of the importance of icons in the Eastern Church--and the far-reaching effects of icons on doctrine as well as art--Benz counteracts the confusion, explaining simply and clearly the liturgy and sacraments, dogma, constitution and law of Eastern Orthodoxy. In 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. The role of the church can be defined in terms of the image. Benz writes that the church exists so that "members may be incorporated into the image of Jesus Christ a in that individual believers are aechanged into his likeness'" as Paul writes in the second letter to the Corinthians. Thus, Orthodox theology holds up the icon as the true key to the understanding of Orthodox dogma. The Eastern Orthodox Church will be valuable to anyone interested in learning more about the church, its thought, its life, and its ideals.
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Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Books, 1963. (Anchor) Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- A9780202362984
- Título
- The Eastern Orthodox Church: Its Thought and Life
- Autor
- Ernst Benz
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo New
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
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- ISBN 10
- 0202362981
- ISBN 13
- 9780202362984
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- Aldine Transaction
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 2008-07
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