Ask for the Ancient Paths: Discovering What Church Is Meant to Be

by James Guirguis

Overview

At a time when so many disaffected Christians are trying to recreate the Church from scratch, Fr. James offers a clear and accessible apology for simply returning to what Christ's Church was always meant to be.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936270637
Publisher:	Ancient Faith Publishing
Publication date:	02/01/2013
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

The Rev. Fr. James Guirguis is pastor of St. George Orthodox Church in New Hartford, New York. He has given lectures on topics such as early Christian history as well as sickness, suffering, and healing in the Christian tradition. He regularly adds material to the Out of Egypt weblog. He earned a master's degree from St. Vladimir Orthodox Theological Seminary in 2006. He lives in Utica with his wife Jennifer and their three daughters.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 7

Foreword 9

Introduction 12

1 Reading the Bible: My Way or the Right Way? 17

2 The Church That Existed Before the New Testament 25

3 How Faith Works 33

4 Biblical Leadership 44

5 A Mysterious Life 58

6 A Life of Communion 61

7 Holy Baptism & Chrismation 71

8 A Life of Confession 78

9 Unction of the Sick 84

10 Holy Matrimony 87

11 The Angelic Life 90

12 Mary and the Cloud of Witnesses 95

13 The Physical Life 103

14 The Life of Worship 109

15 The Goal of the Christian Life 118

Endnotes 123