Bible and the Holy Fathers for Orthodox, The [hardcover]
![Bible and the Holy Fathers for Orthodox, The [hardcover]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41fyRfsX%2BFL._SL210_.jpg "Bible and the Holy Fathers for Orthodox, The [hardcover]")
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.92 (777 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 096225360X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1132 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
About the Author As the sole proprietor of Monastery Books, Johanna Manley undertook scholarly activity to infuse contemporary Christian understanding of the Bible with the teachings of the Holy Fathers and Mothers of the Christian Church.
As the sole proprietor of Monastery Books, Johanna Manley undertook scholarly activity to infuse contemporary Christian understanding of the Bible with the teachings of the Holy Fathers and Mothers of the Christian Church.
Additionally, writings from contemporary Orthodox theologians and scholars are included.The life and tradition of the Church inform the reader's personal meditations on Scripture and attune the reader to the annual, rhythmic cycle of fasts and feasts.. Based on the sequence of daily scriptural readings (NKJV) from the liturgical calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church, this resource includes comments from the church fathers on each Epistle and Gospel passage. Sections of the Old Testament are also included to support the church lectionary for major feast days, Great Lent, and Holy Week
Spiritual Essence This is a enhanching daily reading for the seeker of truth and growth in the enlightenment of our orthodox faith.The holy fathers gave us through their daily struggles to preserve the true faith,a complete path of shining pearls of wisdom.When you find such pearls they are priceless.If this is read daily, it mysticly keeps you on the road to eternity.. Wonderful addition to your daily scripture readings Sue This book must have been a lot of work to compile, and I am really enjoying reading it along with my Orthodox Study Bible notes during my daily scripture readings. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is that it is cumbersome to use. The concordance in the back is organized in such a way that you have to flip through the sections of the book to find the readings for that day instead of listing page numbers, and some of the listings actually aren't in the book - at least, I can't find them! For example, the concordance says there are some sections for AN . Needs a new edition and not in sync with Orthodox Church of America lectionary Ronald Sims I'm just exploring (and appreciating) the amazing riches of the Orthodox Church. I had some difficulties with this volume:(1) The lectionary readings in this book are not in sync with the lectionary of the the American Orthodox Church or the Greek Orthodox church; rather it follows the Slavonic lectionary.(2) When this volume was written, about 1990, a very large amount of the writings of the church fathers had not been translated into English, according to the introduction of this book, which stated that the plan was to produce a newer edition after the tran