THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE WORLD

Παρουσίαση

Theological talks given by the author on subjects including Personalism and Person, Theology as Science and as Charisma, The Hesychastic Life according to St Basil the Great, and Orthodox Psychotherapy, together with wide-ranging discussions that took place afterwards with the audiences. The final chapter is devoted to St Paissy Velichkovsky - A Great Hesychast Father who "unites the Holy Mountain with the Balkans and Russia."
"I have been given the opportunity to visit many Orthodox Churches in the East and West and I have ascertained that everywhere the same theological and liturgical tradition exists, and everywhere I have encountered brothers and sisters with the same problems and the same concerns.
This book is a token of my love for all Orthodox Christians all over the world, who strive to keep the Orthodox faith and tradition, even under difficult conditions." (From the Preface by Metropolitan Hierotheos to the English Edition)

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Preface by the Author to the English Edition
Preface by the Author to the Greek Edition
Part 1 - Cyprus
1. Dogma and Ethos
Terminology
"The Link between Dogma and Ethos
Ethics and Asceticism
Dogmas as an Expression of Experience
Dogmas as Medicines
Practical Consequences:
a) Four Images
b) The Need for Dogmas
c) Dogmas and Sacred Canons
Experiencing Dogma:
a) Trinitarian Doctrine
b) Christology
c) Ecclesiology
d) Eschatology
Discussion after the Talk
Q1 Dogma, Ethos and Experience
Q2 Vision of God, Asceticism and Revelation
Q3 Theoria of the Uncreated Light
Q4 The Different Phases of the Church up until Pentecost
Q5 The Theology of Godforsakenness
Q6 Paradise and Hades
Q7 Different Kinds of Light
Q8 The Soul after Death
Part 2 - Russia
1. Personalism and Person
Terminology
Western Personalism
The Person in Orthodoxy
Conclusion
Discussion after the Talk
Q1 Elder Sophrony and the Person
Q2 Hesychasm and Married People
Q3 What it means for someone to be 'Ecclesiastical', and the Threat to Orthodox Theology
Q4 Contemporary Theology in Academic and Ecclesiastical Circles
Q5 About Anthony Bloom
Q6 Helping those who Make their Confession - Pastoral Science
Q7 Ecumenism
Q8 Pain in the Soul and God's Peace
Q9 For New Deacons and Priests
Q10 Relationship between the Flock and the Shepherd
2. Theology as Science and as Charisma
Theology as Science:
a) Studying Texts
b) Church History
c) Ecclesiastical Arts
d) Religions and Christian Confessions
e) Studying Modern Life
2. Theology as Charisma and Experience
a) St John the Theologian and Evangelist
b) St Gregory the Theologian
c) St Symeon the New Theologian
d) St Gregory Palamas
Discussion after the Talk
Q1 Progress in Prayer
Q2 The Worldwide Influence of Russian Theologians
Q3 Curing Human Beings
Q4 Noetic Prayer and Evagrius of Pontus
Q5 The Method of Hypnotism and Orthodox Psychotherapy
Q6 Obedience to the Spiritual Father
Q7 Monasticism and Marriage in Relation to Deification
Q8 Holy Communion and Confession
Q9 Holy Communion and Holy Relics
Q10 The Possibility of Baptism in the Mother's Womb
Q11 Birth Control
Q12 The Relationship between the Divine Liturgy and the Jesus Prayer
Q13 Theology and Philosophy
Q14 Discerning between Thoughts
Q15 Sorrow and Depression
Part 3 - Romania
1. The Hesychastic Life according to St Basil the Great
Correspondence with St Gregory the Theologian
Sacred Hesychia and God's Temple:
a) Wandering
b) Leaving the World
c) Life in the Wilderness
d) Prayer and Reading
e) Hesychia
f) Nous and Theoria
g) Temple of the All-Holy Spirit
h) Transformation of the Whole of Life
3. Hesychast and Celebrant:
Epilogue
Discussion after the Talk
Q1 The Link between Hesychastic Experience and the Divine Eucharist
Q2 Theoria of the Divine Light
Statement on the Television Station of the Patriarchate of Romania
The International Conference on St Basil the Great
2. Bringing Up Children Today
Children are God's Gift
Bringing up Children in the Church
Children as Equal Members of the Church
Difficulties connected with the Development and Upbringing of Children Today
-Discussion after the Talk
Q1 The Hour of Death
Q2 Sickness of the Nous
Q3 Noetic Prayer
Q4 Holy Communion and Confession
Q5 Homeopathy
Q6 Children in the Church
Q7 Choosing Someone to Care for Children
Q8 Dialogues between the Orthodox and non-Orthodox
Q9 Children Facing Death
Q10 Children and Church Attendance
Qll Religious Education in School
Q12 Demonic Attacks on Children
Q13 Psychological Disturbance
Q14 Unloved Children
3. Interview - The Theology of St Gregory Palamas and the Scholasticism of Barlaam [...]
4. Interview - Therapy and Truth
Part 4 - Georgia
1. About Orthodox Psychotherapy
Discussion after the Talk
2. Interview on the Television Station of the Georgian Patriarchate, "Concord"
Part 5 - Saint Paissy Velichkovsky
Saint Paissy Velichkovsky - A Great Hesychast Father