Review of my Eastern Orthodox books

THEOSIS: FUSION OF MAN/WOMAN AND GOD? (A PATRISTIC, ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVE)

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 05:52:06 GMT

Orthodoxy does not, like centring (prayer) for example, have to search for meditative techniques in Eastern religions or for contemplative techniques in the western Christian mystical way that begins with the stage of purification, continues to illumination and arrives at the unitive state of the soul with the Divine. The reason for this is not merely that Orthodoxy already has, or is, the way of hesychasm or the Jesus prayer, but that the entire theological framework of Orthodoxy expresses the belief in the idea of theosis or deification.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1475250231

ORTHODOX CHURCH MUSIC (2010) (A Brief Study of Church Music in Byzantium and Russia, and of the Theology of Orthodox Church Music)

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:44:34 GMT

Orthodox Liturgical music, as well as other church arts such as architecture or iconography, is part of the dogmatic tradition of the Orthodox Church and thus of its Holy Tradition, and a consequence of man’s creativity as a son of God made unto His image. Orthodoxy is a singing and praying culture. When Orthodox believers gather to pray, they sing, and much of the theology of the Orthodox Church is passed on through sacred song in the liturgical services. (Ángel F. Sánchez-Escobar, MA, PhD, ThD)https://www.amazon.es/dp/1505358469

ORTHODOXY: CONTEMPORARY LITURGICS AND LITURGICAL CATECHESIS, 2009

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:22:27 GMT

ÁNGEL FRANCISCO SÁNCHEZ ESCOBARIn this book, I deal with Orthodox worship as it is today by describing its prayer cycles, meaning of the holy services, liturgical books, Scriptural reading, and a process model of catechesis, linked to worship and the liturgical periods. I will not address western rites and Canon Law, but it is a fact that western rites are legitimate western continuation of liturgies celebrated in the undivided Church, before the Schism of 1054. Also, liturgical law is part of canon law, as it legislates the ways in which we celebrate, the actions we use to give life to those celebrations and the design and environment of the space in which we celebrate.https://www.amazon.es/dp/1511978945

THE LITURGICAL ENVIRONMENT: THE ORTHODOX CHURCH BUILDING

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 07:23:04 GMT

This book deals with the liturgical environment of the Orthodox Church, focusing on (1) the church building, including aspects of its iconostasis and iconography, and (2) liturgical vestments. I will mainly approach these two issues from a historical perspective and follow, especially in the exposition of the development of the church building, a timeline similar to the one followed in my previous books on Orthodoxy, that is from its Jewish background to the end of the Byzantine Empire and beyond.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORTHODOX LITURGY

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 18:00:17 GMT

ÁNGEL F. SÁNCHEZ ESCOBAR, 2009https://www.amazon.es/dp/B00SY439BQ At the heart of the Orthodox Church life is the Liturgy, and, from earliest times, Christian devotees gathered together to pray, to proclaim the Scriptures, and to celebrate the Lord’s Supper. Although we can say that the Orthodox liturgy was practically completed by the time of the Barberini Codex, which appeared by the end of the eighth or beginning of the ninth century, according to Wybrew, the full term of its development and the process of consolidation did not take place until the fourteenth century (145).

ASCESIS AND HESYCHASM IN THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 18:32:02 GMT

The Church Fathers are frequently cited and studied in the development of the doctrine and in the definition of dogmas. Such an approach provides a valid perspective from which to understand the Fathers. However, if we limit ourselves to this viewpoint we would confine Patristic to ecclesiastical literature parallel to the history of doctrines and dogmas, defining it and complementing it. Such stance would somehow demean the faith and the individual theological contributions of these Fathers. This book, limited to the eastern Fathers, attempts to portray the Fathers of the Church as they saw themselves and how they perceived their own faith vocation. The book has three chapters: Chapter I offers a general view of the Fathers of the Church; chapter II explains the role of ascesis in the lives and teachings of the Fathers; and chapter III deals with Hesychasm. (Ángel F. Sánchez-Escobar, MA, PhD, ThDhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1505836905

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH (IX-XX CENTURIES)

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 23:45:54 GMT

BY ÁNGEL FRANCISCO SÁNCHEZ ESCOBAR, 2009 This book analyzes the Byzantine Empire from Constantine’s decision to legalize the Christian Church in 313 until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks forces in 1453. From Emperor Constantine onward, the Church and the Empire started a very close and mutually beneficial relationship. The Church received imperial support and was truly a leaven of the society of which it was a part. The fourth through the tenth centuries represented a significant period for the Church’s internal development: the authoritative content of the New Testament was defined; the worship services attained a formal framework; the teachings of Christianity were developed by the “Fathers” of the church, great pastors and theologians; and missionary activity such as evangelization of the Slavs by Saints Cyril and Methodius flourished.https://www.amazon.com/dp/1503350398

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE CHURCH (313-1453 AD)

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 23:28:41 GMT

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH (I-III CENTURIES)

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 18:53:29 GMT

This book concentrates on a period of three centuries, the pre-Nicean period, focusing on the general situation of the period to establish a context, on the apostolic age, on early Christianity and its relationship with the Roman Empire, as well as on a preliminary approach to the early development of the theology of early Christianity.https://www.amazon.es/dp/1503316661

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 17:48:50 GMT

The Problem of Conceptualizing the Concepts of Space-Time Transcendency.https://www.amazon.com/dp/1475287461