Of Whom the World Was Not Worthy: Sermons on the Lives and Works of the Patriarchs and Prophets of the Old Testament

Publication Data: Etna, CA: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies, 2010
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 200
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.3 cm × 13.8 cm × 0.6 cm
Additional Information: two-color printing
ISBN: 978‒0‒911165‒88‒3

   
by Protopresbyter James Thornton

“[...I]t seemed to this author that it would be of benefit to the faithful to learn something of the holy men of the Old Testament and through their stories and experiences to gain some appreciation of the vast expanse of the four-thousand-year-long history of the struggle for sanctity, what specialists often call the Heilsgeschichte, the ‘holy history,’ the history of God’s interaction with mankind. The need for the further presentation and elucidation of the Old Testament stories in an Orthodox Christian context was to me especially urgent since Orthodox Christians, at least those in America, are inadequately instructed in this subject and are often, therefore, the easy prey of sectarians of various stripes, who are always ready to exploit such circumstances to their own profit. That is unfortunate, even shameful, since Orthodox Christians are as much the true heirs to the legacy of the heroes of the Old Testament as they are to the legacy of the heroes of the New, and of all subsequent Christian history.”
—“Preface and Acknowledgements”

CONTENTS

   Preface and Acknowledgements
Sermon One
   Introduction
Sermon Two
   Holy Patriarch and Righteous Forefather Abraham (Abraam)
Sermon Three
   Holy Patriarch Isaac (Isaak)
Sermon Four
   Holy Patriarch Jacob (Iakob)
Sermon Five
   Holy Patriarch Joseph (Ioseph)
Sermon Six
   Holy Prophet Job (Iob)
Sermon Seven
   Holy Prophet and God-Seer Moses (Moÿses)
Sermon Eight
   Holy Prophet Joshua (Iesous)
Sermon Nine
   Holy Prophet Samuel (Samouel)
Sermon Ten
   Holy Prophet-King David (Dauid)
Sermon Eleven
   Holy Prophet-King Solomon
Sermon Twelve
   Holy Prophet Joel (Ioel)
Sermon Thirteen
   Holy Prophet Jonah (Ionas)
Sermon Fourteen
   Holy Prophet Elias (Elijah), Part I
Sermon Fifteen
   Holy Prophet Elias (Elijah), Part II
Sermon Sixteen
   Holy Prophet Elisha (Eliseos)
Sermon Seventeen
   Holy Prophet Amos
Sermon Eighteen
   Holy Prophet Hosea (Osee)
Sermon Nineteen
   Holy Prophet Obadiah (Abdias)
Sermon Twenty
   Holy Prophet Isaiah (Esaias)
Sermon Twenty-One
   Holy Prophet Micah (Michaias)
Sermon Twenty-Two
   Holy Prophet Nahum (Naoum)
Sermon Twenty-Three
   Holy Prophet Jeremiah (Ieremias)
Sermon Twenty-Four
   Holy Prophet Baruch (Barouch)
Sermon Twenty-Five
   Holy Prophet Zephaniah (Sophonias)
Sermon Twenty-Six
   Holy Prophet Tobit
Sermon Twenty-Seven
   Holy Prophet Habakkuk (Ambakoum)
Sermon Twenty-Eight
   Holy Prophet Ezekiel (Iezekiel)
Sermon Twenty-Nine
   Holy Prophet Daniel
Sermon Thirty
   Holy Prophet Haggai (Angaios)
Sermon Thirty-One
   Holy Prophet Zechariah (Zacharias)
Sermon Thirty-Two
   Holy Prophet Malachi (Malachias)
Sermon Thirty-Three
   Holy Prophet Ezra (Esdras)
Sermon Thirty-Four
   Holy Prophet Nehemiah (Neemias)
Sermon Thirty-Five
   Holy Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John
   Bibliography
   Index of Names