The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity

by Timothy Ware

Overview

The readable, deeply authoritative and bestselling book on the Orthodox Church, in a fully updated and revised Third Edition.

'Orthodoxy claims to be universal . . .'
     Since its first publication fifty years ago, Timothy Ware's book has become established throughout the English-speaking world as the standard introduction to the Orthodox Church. Orthodoxy continues to be a subject of enormous interest among western Christians, and the author believes that an understanding of its standpoint is necessary before the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches can be reunited. In this revised and updated edition he explains the Orthodox views on such widely ranging matters as Ecumenical Councils, Sacraments, Free Will, Purgatory, the Papacy and the relation between the different Orthodox Churches.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141980638
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/06/2015
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	152,373
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

TIMOTHY WARE, His Excellency the Most Reverend Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia, was Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at Oxford University until his retirement in 2001.