The Orthodox Church by Kallistos Ware
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Original Title: The Orthodox Church
ISBN: 0140146563
ISBN13: 9780140146561
Autor: Kallistos Ware
Rating: 5 of 5 stars (1789) counts
Original Format: Paperback, 359 pages
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Published: June 1st 1993 / by Penguin Books / (first published January 1st 1963)
Language: English
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Religion- 85 users
History- 66 users
Religion >Theology- 65 users
Religion >Christianity- 47 users
Nonfiction- 33 users
Church >Church History- 28 users
Description:
Since its first publication thirty years ago, Timothy Ware's book has become established
throughout the English-speaking world as the standard introduction to the Orthodox Church.
Orthodoxy continues to be a subject of enormous interest among Western Christians and the
author believes that an understanding of its standpoint is necessary before the Roman Catholic
and Protestant Churches can be reunited. In this newly revised and updated edition he explains
the Orthodox views on widely ranging matters as Ecumenical Councils, Sacraments, Free Will,
Purgatory, the Papacy and the relationship between the different Orthodox churches.
In Part One he describes the history of the Eastern Church over the last two thousand years with
particular reference to its problems in twentieth-century Russia: and in Part Two he explains the
beliefs and worship of the Orthodox Church today. Finally, he considers the possibilities of reunion
between the East and the West. In this latest edition, he takes full account of the totally new
situation confronting Eastern Christians since the collapse of Communism.
About Author:
His Excellency, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia (b. 1934, also known
by his lay name, Timothy Ware) is a titular metropolitan of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Great
Britain. From 1966-2001, he was Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at Oxford
University, and has authored numerous books and articles pertaining to the Orthodox Christian
faith.
Other Editions:
- The Orthodox Church (Kindle Edition)
- The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity (Paperback)
- The Orthodox Church
- The Orthodox Church (Paperback)
- The Orthodox Church (Paperback)
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Rewiews:
Mar 31, 2009
Brian
Rated it: really liked it
Shelves: theological, church-history
Worshipping God nearly every Sunday in a Russian Orthodox church during my year in
Kazakhstan introduced me to the deeply complex, yet simply beautiful worship of God that is
found in Orthodox Christianity. For those several months, it was enough to be ministered to by the
beauty of the liturgy, to grow in understanding of its meaning, and to gain basic understanding of
Orthodox history and teaching. For several years thereafter, Ive longed to deepen my
understanding of these last two topics, a
Worshipping God nearly every Sunday in a Russian Orthodox church during my year in
Kazakhstan introduced me to the deeply complex, yet simply beautiful worship of God that is
found in Orthodox Christianity. For those several months, it was enough to be ministered to by the
beauty of the liturgy, to grow in understanding of its meaning, and to gain basic understanding of
Orthodox history and teaching. For several years thereafter, Ive longed to deepen my
understanding of these last two topics, and I looked to Bishop Kallistos Wares book to aid that
process.
Naturally, the book presents the history and the theology of the Orthodox Church from an
Orthodox position. There are indeed times in the historical section in which Ware comes across as
defensive, even over non-doctrinal matters. On the other hand, he is very objective in the
ecumenical sections, presenting the various viewpoints on the current dialogue with other
Christian movements (which is, by the way, quite active, and of which he is somewhat the head),
while still masking his own views. Altogether, the book is an enlightening read about an oft-
misunderstood tradition to which all of Christianity owes much (ever heard of the trinity?). The
book was not able to answer all my questions about this 2000-year old church, but it is hard not to
walk away from it in deeper awe of a church that has survived centuries of persecution, developed
some of Christianity's most complicated theological claims, undergone NO REFORMATION,
converted whole countries, developed the richest liturgical worship that at least I've ever
witnessed, and some of whose members have led such exemplary lives of Christian suffering and
virtue that words become useless in seeking to describe them. I highly recommend this book to
any Christian seeking to understand the history of his/her own faith.
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