Our Orthodox Christian Faith: A Handbook of Popular Dogmatics
Athanasios S. Frangopoulos
Publication Data: Athens, Greece: The Brotherhood of Theologians «O Sotir» («The Saviour»), 2006
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 255
Dimensions (l × w × h): 19.6 cm × 12.7 cm × 1.0 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white and full-color illustrations
Nineth Edition
Athanasios S. Frangopoulos
“It is sad indeed that the majority of Orthodox Christians do not know why they are Christians, and indeed Orthodox Christians; nor do they know what the Holy Orthodox Church, to which they belong and are members of, believes and teaches. Nor do they know what they themselves believe as Orthodox Christians. [...]It is for precisely this reason then, Dear Fellow Orthodox, that this book has been written: to teach us the Holy Orthodox Faith of the One Holy Church, which we all accept and profess with all our hearts. [...]Thus, this book could well have been given the title: ‹An Orthodox Christian Catechism›, since it is in reality a catechism: a concise analysis of, and instruction in, the sacred dogmas of our holy Faith.”
—“Prologue”
CONTENTS
Prologue
Prologue to the Second Edition
INTRODUCTION
Religion
1. What Religion is
2. Divine Revelation
3. The Christian Religion
4. The Orthodox Christian Religion
5. The Faith
PART ONE—DOGMATICS
(Theology—Cosmology—Anthropology)
CHAPTER I: The Existence of God
CHAPTER II: God’s Essence and His Knowability
CHAPTER III: God’s Attributes
CHAPTER IV: The Holy Trinity
CHAPTER V: Cosmology-How the World was Created
CHAPTER VI: God’s Providence
CHAPTER VII: The Spiritual World
CHAPTER VIII: The Creation of Man
CHAPTER IX: Original Sin
PART TWO
REDEMPTION IN CHRIST
CHAPTER I: Jesus Christ, Saviour of Fallen Man
CHAPTER II: The Person of Christ the Saviour. The Two Natures of Christ
CHAPTER III: The Lord’s Three Offices
CHAPTER IV: On the Holy Spirit
PART THREE
MAKING REDEMPTION OURS
CHAPTER I: Divine Grace
CHAPTER II: The Church
CHAPTER III: The Means of Grace
The Sacraments or Holy Mysteries
Holy Baptism. Chrism or Holy Myrrh. The Mystery of the Holy Eucharist. The Sacrament of Repentance and Confession. The Sacrament of the Priesthood. The Sacrament of Marriage. The Mystery of Holy Unction.
PART FOUR
ESCHATOLOGY
CHAPTER I: The Completion of Redemption
Death and the End of the World. Partial Judgment. Memorial Services (The Commemoration of the Dead). The Veneration of the Saints
CHAPTER II: The Completion of all Things
The Second Coming of the Lord. The Resurrection of the Dead and the General Judgment. Eternal Life and Eternal Damnation
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 255
Dimensions (l × w × h): 19.6 cm × 12.7 cm × 1.0 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white and full-color illustrations
Nineth Edition
Athanasios S. Frangopoulos
“It is sad indeed that the majority of Orthodox Christians do not know why they are Christians, and indeed Orthodox Christians; nor do they know what the Holy Orthodox Church, to which they belong and are members of, believes and teaches. Nor do they know what they themselves believe as Orthodox Christians. [...]It is for precisely this reason then, Dear Fellow Orthodox, that this book has been written: to teach us the Holy Orthodox Faith of the One Holy Church, which we all accept and profess with all our hearts. [...]Thus, this book could well have been given the title: ‹An Orthodox Christian Catechism›, since it is in reality a catechism: a concise analysis of, and instruction in, the sacred dogmas of our holy Faith.”
—“Prologue”
CONTENTS
Prologue
Prologue to the Second Edition
INTRODUCTION
Religion
1. What Religion is
2. Divine Revelation
3. The Christian Religion
4. The Orthodox Christian Religion
5. The Faith
PART ONE—DOGMATICS
(Theology—Cosmology—Anthropology)
CHAPTER I: The Existence of God
CHAPTER II: God’s Essence and His Knowability
CHAPTER III: God’s Attributes
CHAPTER IV: The Holy Trinity
CHAPTER V: Cosmology-How the World was Created
CHAPTER VI: God’s Providence
CHAPTER VII: The Spiritual World
CHAPTER VIII: The Creation of Man
CHAPTER IX: Original Sin
PART TWO
REDEMPTION IN CHRIST
CHAPTER I: Jesus Christ, Saviour of Fallen Man
CHAPTER II: The Person of Christ the Saviour. The Two Natures of Christ
CHAPTER III: The Lord’s Three Offices
CHAPTER IV: On the Holy Spirit
PART THREE
MAKING REDEMPTION OURS
CHAPTER I: Divine Grace
CHAPTER II: The Church
CHAPTER III: The Means of Grace
The Sacraments or Holy Mysteries
Holy Baptism. Chrism or Holy Myrrh. The Mystery of the Holy Eucharist. The Sacrament of Repentance and Confession. The Sacrament of the Priesthood. The Sacrament of Marriage. The Mystery of Holy Unction.
PART FOUR
ESCHATOLOGY
CHAPTER I: The Completion of Redemption
Death and the End of the World. Partial Judgment. Memorial Services (The Commemoration of the Dead). The Veneration of the Saints
CHAPTER II: The Completion of all Things
The Second Coming of the Lord. The Resurrection of the Dead and the General Judgment. Eternal Life and Eternal Damnation
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