Publication Data: Belmont, MA: Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 2010
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: xii + 126
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.3 cm × 13.8 cm × 0.8 cm
ISBN: 978‒1‒884729‒94‒2
by Archbishop Chrysostomos, John V. Petropoulos, Bishop Auxentios, and Hieromonk Patapios
“The Fathers of the Church must be read in the light of this journey from ancient wisdom to the perfect revelation of truth that is at the core of the Christian way of life. They not only teach us about wisdom and human action that bring us into harmony with the world around us, but they bring the spiritual path and wisdom into eternal unity in Christ—the Way and the Truth (St. John 14:6)—and man and God into Theanthropic communion. If the ancients taught us much about human goodness and consonance with God, the Fathers teach us about human perfection and union with God. In that fullness only can we understand their message concerning the essence of the pure Christian Faith; and it is that message which the following essays strive to convey.”
—“INTRODUCTION”
CONTENTS
THE AUTHORS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
Reading the Fathers
Archbishop Chrysostomos
CHAPTER 2
A Hermeneutics of Suspicion
Archbishop Chrysostomos
CHAPTER 3
How Not to Read the Fathers
Archbishop Chrysostomos
CHAPTER 4
In Defense of Piety: Respect for Words and Respect for “The Word”
John V. Petropoulos
CHAPTER 5
Saint Gregory Palamas and the Spirit of Humanism
Archbishop Chrysostomos
CHAPTER 6
Latin Purgatory and the Orthodox View of the Afterlife
Bishop Auxentios
CHAPTER 7
The Teachings of the Church Fathers on Secular Knowledge
Archbishop Chrysostomos and Hieromonk Patapios
INDEX
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