Episcopacy In The Methodist Tradition
Explores Methodist episcopacy in the U.S. and reviews notions of and expectations about episcopal leadership held by United Methodists today. After a careful historical study, Richey and Frank give he...
The Mystical Language Of Icons
Solrunn Nes, one of Europes most admired iconographers, here illuminates the world of Christian icons, explaining the motifs, gestures, and colors common to these profound symbols of faith. Nes explor...
Byzantium (I): The Early Centuries
A captivating account of the origins and early years of the Byzantine empire,by one of the most accomplished popular historians writing today. 48 pages ofillustrations, 16 in color. Maps.
Byzantium (III): The Decline And Fall
For 1,123 years, Constantinople remained the capital of the Byzantine Empire - the longest-lived and most continuously inspired Christian empire in the world. In this, the third and final volume of Jo...
The Way Of A Pilgrim: And The Pilgrim Continues His Way
Written in the 19th century, this little book is filled with insights on how to maintain a prayerful presence in the face of predicaments, adventures and calamities. The 19th century Russian spirit...
The Philokalia And The Inner Life: On Passions And Prayer
The Philokalia was published in Venice in 1782. It is an anthology of patristic writings from the Eastern Church, spanning the 4th to the 15th Centuries, which has been the subsequent focus of a signi...
Byzantium (II): The Apogee
Volume 2 of the series. With 32 pages of illustrations, and 7 maps.
Two Thousand Years Of Coptic Christianity
Christianity arrived early in Egypt, brought -- according to tradition -- by Saint Mark the Evangelist, who became the first patriarch of Alexandria. The Coptic Orthodox Church has flourished ever sin...
Simple Guides The Orthodox Church
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU to appreciate the depth and beauty of the dominant form of Christianity in Greece, Russia and much of Eastern Europe to understand the tenets, nature and holy days of...
Martin Luther, The Hero Of The Reformation: 1483-1546
8. A study of the life of Martin Luther, German religious reformer. Luther was an Augustinian monk and the professor of biblical exegesis at Wittenberg, where in 1517 he posted his critique of the Rom...
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