Orthodox Churches 35

В истории Русской православной церкви архиепископ Лука (Войно-Ясенецкий) (1877ー1961) стоит особняком. Он соединил в себе, казалось бы, несовместимое: был выдающимся хирургом, спасавшим людей в трех……続きを見る

عَرَفَ الإنسانُ العقيدةَ منذ بَدْء الخليقة، كما عرف وعَلِمَ مفردات العالَم من حوله، وشَرَعَتْ هذه العقيدة في الارتقاء مثلما ارتقى كلُّ ما حوله، فكانَتْ تحمل من البداءة والبساطة ما حملت حياته الأولى.……続きを見る

"Diese Sammlung ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Inhalt: Fjodor M. Dostojewski: Aus der Lebensgeschichte des in Gottvers……続きを見る

This a collection of the councils of the Frankish & Visigothic realms that have surviving documents relating to their canons. This includes: 5th Council of Orleans (549 AD), Council of Auch (551 AD)……続きを見る

Isaiah, the 5th century desert father, grants his insight into the operations of his monastery, granting a brief list of rules and directives for the future upkeep of monastic discipline in this doc……続きを見る

Refutations is the magnum opus of the Armenian bishop, Eznik of Kolb. In his work he lays out his argument regarding the nature and the presence of evil in the world, in contrast to the moral postul……続きを見る

An anthology of sermons on the Holy Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, taken from a 19th century multi-volume collection of St Philaret's homilies, and translated for the first time into the English la……続きを見る

In G.K. Chesterton's celebrated work, "Orthodoxy," readers embark on an intellectual odyssey navigating the realms between skepticism and belief. Through personal narratives and philosophical parado……続きを見る

The Holy Roman Emperor, Lothair I, composed two letters to Pope Nicolaus I, and his successor, Pope Adrian II, regarding the nature of his rule over the Frankish realm, and the relationship that his……続きを見る

The Apophthegmata (a collection of sayings) is a work long attributed to the Egyptian desert father, St. Macarius the Great, although it is almost certainly composed by one of his monastic disciples……続きを見る

During the Latin presence in the Holy Land in 12th and 13th century, contact was made between papal legates and the Armenian Apostolic Church in Cilicia (Armenia Minor). Among the various doctrinal ……続きを見る

During the late Crusader period the Roman Catholic Church and the Armenian Apostolic Church attempted to establish an ecclesiastical union, under the auspices of similar doctrines and as a means of ……続きを見る

The Visigothic king, Sisebut, composed this short composition on the life of the Roman martyr, St. Desiderius, who was killed during the Diocletian persecution. What little historical information ab……続きを見る

Covering an expanse of more than three thousand years, Hellenic Temples and Christian Churches charts, in one concise volume, the history of Greece's religious cultures from antiquity all the way th……続きを見る

What does it mean to be a human being made in the image of God? This book makes the case that the divine image can be seen in not just one or two aspects of human identity but in all of them. The au……続きを見る

This 5th century work, likely composed by the Armenian saint, Mesrop Mashtots, illustrates the family dynamic and political conflict that surrounds both St. Gregory the Illuminator, and Nerses I the……続きを見る

In G.K. Chesterton's "Orthodoxy," on an incredible journey through faith, reason, and imagination. With his typical humor and intelligence, Chesterton convincingly argues traditional Christian ideas……続きを見る

This is a short collection of the ecclesiastical works of the emperor Charles II the Bald during his Carolingian reform of the Frankish church. This includes documents relating to the coronation of ……続きを見る

Seven rules is an unusually theological work coming out of the Donatist church in North Africa. This is not a list of monastic rules, which would have been common for the period. Nor is it a list of……続きを見る

With the ascension of the Capetian dynasty in 987, certain church reforms took place to address some of the concerns relating to the various ecclesiastical institutions in the kingdom. At the forefr……続きを見る

The Council of Shahapivan is the first surviving council of the Armenian Church, and has survived in various ecclesiastical sources. Convened in the year 444, after three consecutive councils in the……続きを見る

The Council of Florence, held in 1437-1441, sought to heal the East-West schism that was present in the Catholic and Orthodox churches. Papal political leverage afforded Eugenius IV the opportunity ……続きを見る

Æthelwold of Winchester is among the most famous Anglo-Saxon saints. During his lifetime he was the Bishop of Winchester and stood as one of the leaders of the tenth-century monastic reform movement……続きを見る

Upon the ascension of Edgar to the Anglo-Saxon throne, he immediately sought to reform the English church with the assistance of St. Dunstan, the former bishop of London. He held this council to alt……続きを見る

This work, a letter from St. Aelfric to Wilfinus, bishop of Sherborne, is perhaps amongst the earliest works of Anglo-Saxon literature. He is writings to his episcopal peer relating some questions o……続きを見る

This is a small library of the ecclesiastical documents issued by the German king, Louis II, during his tenure over the eastern Frankish realm. This includes his work on Ecclesiastical Constitution,……続きを見る

This second volume of the Book of Ethiopian Maccabees is shorter than the first. Moreover, it appears to be composed at a different time and by a different person, likely during the high medieval pe……続きを見る

Alfred the Great, during his tenure over the kingdom of Wessex, sough to reform and strengthen the English church through parochial and scholarly reform. Unlike most kings of the dark ages, Alfred t……続きを見る

In nomine Domini is a papal bull written by Pope Nicholas II. The bull was issued on 13 April 1059 and caused major reforms in the system of papal election, most notably establishing the cardinal-bi……続きを見る

The Irish monk and scholar, Sedulius Scotus, lays out his vision of the moral and political obligations of the the ruler of a Christian nation. He draws his examples from the realm of both the bibli……続きを見る