Greek Letters and Orthodoxy: Significant Relations of Orthodox Christianity to the Greek Language and to Ancient Greek Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Poetry

Publication Data: Belmont, MA: Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 2004
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 60
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.5 cm × 14.0 cm × 0.5 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 1‒884729‒75‒4

   
By Constantine Cavarnos

“The motif of Greek Letters and Orthodoxy is well expressed by a statement made a century ago (1903) by Professor Thaddeus Zielinsky of St. Petersburg University, and appears in the book Our Debt to Antiquity by H.A. Strong and Hugh Steward[...]. Professor Zielinsky says: ‘We cannot separate the idea of Christianity from that of classical culture. In the first place, because Greek is the language of the Oldest Christian writings.... We cannot understand Christianity without studying its Greek records.’”
—“PREFACE”

CONTENTS

   PREFACE
   INTRODUCTION
I THE RELATION OF ORTHODOXY TO GREEK LETTERS
II VALUE OF GREEK LETTERS AFTER THE EARLY CENTURIES OF CHRISTIANITY
III VALUE OF GREEK LETTERS FOR THE ORTHODOX TODAY
   INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
   INDEX OF SUBJECTS