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The Eastern Orthodox Church - Its Thought and Life (Hardcover)
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The Eastern Orthodox Church - Its Thought and Life (Hardcover)
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Western European Christendom finds it difficult to comprehend the
Eastern Orthodox Church because it knows little about the practice
and doctrines of Orthodoxy. Even what is known is overlaid by many
strata of prejudices and misunderstandings, partly political in
nature. One of the obstacles has been the natural tendency to
confound the ideas and customs of the Orthodox Church with familiar
parallels in Roman Catholicism. To escape this tradition pitfall,
Ernst Benz focuses on icon painting as a logical place to begin his
examination of the Orthodox Church. Beginning with a brilliant
discussion of the importance of icons in the Eastern Church--and
the far-reaching effects of icons on doctrine as well as art--Benz
counteracts the confusion, explaining simply and clearly the
liturgy and sacraments, dogma, constitution and law of Eastern
Orthodoxy. In brief history, he describes the rise of Orthodox
national churches, schismatic churches, and churches in exile; the
role of monasticism and its striking differences from Roman
Catholic monasticism; the missionary work of the Orthodox Church;
and the influence of Orthodoxy on politics and culture. The role of
the church can be defined in terms of the image. Benz writes that
the church exists so that "members may be incorporated into the
image of Jesus Christ a in that individual believers are aechanged
into his likeness'" as Paul writes in the second letter to the
Corinthians. Thus, Orthodox theology holds up the icon as the true
key to the understanding of Orthodox dogma. The Eastern Orthodox
Church will be valuable to anyone interested in learning more about
the church, its thought, its life, and its ideals.
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