The Place of Blessed Augustine in the Orthodox Church

Publication Data: Platina, CA: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2007
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 144
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.0 cm × 13.5 cm × 0.9 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 978‒0‒938635‒12‒3

   
Fr. Seraphim Rose

No. 3 of Orthodox Theological Texts

“Fr. Seraphim titled this essay, ‘The Place of Blessed Augustine in the Orthodox Church.’ He called it this because there are those today who wish to exclude Augustine altogether from the company of the Church Fathers—a novel development, to say the least! Some writers boldly—and without justification (other than their own opinion)—call him a ‘heretic’ and unfairly ascribe to him almost every subsequent error of Latin and Protestant Christendom. Fr. Seraphim, on the other hand, wanted nothing more than to give a sense of Orthodox perspective to this issue, explaining to those who seemed not to know that Blessed Augustine does indeed have a proper ‘place’ in the Church—not, to be sure, among the great Fathers, but nonetheless a position of well-deserved recognition by other Holy Fathers.”
—“PREFACE”

CONTENTS

Preface by Fr. Alexey Young
A Brief Life of Blessed Augustine of Hippo
Introduction
I. The Place of Blessed Augustine in the Orthodox Church
II. The Controversy over Grace and Free Will
III. The Doctrine of Predestination
IV. Opinions in Fifth-century Gaul
V. Sixth-century Opinion, East and West
VI. The Ninth Century, St. Photius the Great
VII. Later Centuries: St. Mark of Ephesus
VIII. The Opinion of Blessed Augustine in Modern Times
IX. A Note on the Contemporary Detractors of Blessed Augustine
APPENDICES:
   I. Letters of Fr. Seraphim Rose Concerning Blessed Augustine
   II. The Heart of Blessed Augustine
   III. Standard Description of Blessed Augustine
   IV. Service to Blessed Augustine
Index