This Is My Beloved Son: The Transfiguration of Christ

Publication Data: Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2012
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: xiv + 142
Dimensions (l × w × h): 20.3 cm × 13.8 cm × 1.0 cm
ISBN: 978‒1‒55725‒656‒0

   
Andreas Andreopoulos
Foreword by Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia

“There are several books that examine the Transfiguration from a strictly biblical perspective or that discuss its reception and effect within early and later Christianity. There are also accounts of saints who experienced the continuous Transfiguration of Christ—the mystical experience of the outpouring of the light of God—as it was imparted to them. Here I did not want to restrict myself to the voice of knowledge or to the voice of experience. I tried to write partly with the approach of a theologian and teacher and partly with the approach of someone who tries to tell a story. But mostly, I approached the event from the perspective of a person who takes the narrative, the tradition, and the significance of the Transfiguration seriously at all levels.”
—“INTRODUCTION”

CONTENTS

FOREWORD
by Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia
INTRODUCTION
1
IN YOUR LIGHT WE SHALL SEE LIGHT
Transfiguration Themes throughout the Bible
2
THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM PLEASED
Transfiguration as the Essence of the Christian Life
3
HE LED THEM UP A HIGH MOUNTAIN
Following Christ and Crucified with Him
4
YOU SHOWED YOUR DISCIPLES YOUR GLORY AS MUCH AS THEY COULD BEAR IT
The Anatomy of a Miracle
5
LORD, IT IS GOOD FOR US TO BE HERE
The Experience of the Uncreated Light
6
TELL NO ONE UNTIL THE SON OF MAN HAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD
Transfiguration and Resurrection
NOTES