Immortality of the Soul: The Testimony of the Old and New Testaments, Orthodox Iconography and Hymnography, and the works of Eastern Fathers and other writers of the Orthodox Church

Publication data: Belmont, MA: Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1993
Format: softcover
Number of pages: 96
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.5 cm × 14.0 cm × 0.7 cm
Additional information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 0‒914744‒96‒8

By Constantine Cavarnos

“In the Gospel according to Matthew, our Lord Jesus Christ says: ‘What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?’ (16:26). [...]The immortality of the soul is taught in the Old and New Testaments, in the works of the Church Fathers and other Ecclesiastical writers of the Orthodox Church, in its iconography and hymnography. I shall undertake to substantiate this assertion by having recourse to these sources, setting forth their relevant teachings.”
—“Introductory”

CONTENTS

PREFACE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTORY
   I. THE SOUL’S IMMORTALITY TESTIFIED TO BY THE OLD TESTAMENT
   II. NEW TESTAMENT’S TESTIMONY
   III. TESTIMONY OF ICONOGRAPHY
   IV. TESTIMONY OF HYMNOGRAPHY
   V. TESTIMONY OF THE CHURCH FATHERS
   VI. PHILOSOPHICO-THEOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS
   VII. TESTIMONY IN THE LIVES OF SAINTS AND OTHER WRITINGS
INDEX