Eve Tibbs offers a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the beliefs and practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church for Western readers. Tibbs has devoted her career to translating the Orthodox faith to an evangelical audience and has over twenty years of experience teaching this material to students. Assuming no prior knowledge of Orthodox theology, this survey covers the basic ideas of Eastern Orthodox Christianity from its origins at Pentecost to the present day.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781540962805
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication Date: 07-20-2021
Pages: 224
Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
About the Author
Eve Tibbs (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is affiliate assistant professor of theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. She has taught Western systematic theology and Eastern Orthodox theology for more than twenty years. She has been the ministry lead for Christian education in the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco, California, for over twenty-five years.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Preface The Origins of This Book The Intended Audience for This Book How This Book Should Be Read Introduction Assumptions and Terminology The Approach Change? 1. The Orthodox Christian Worldview "Returning" to the Unknown Ancient Church? The Orthodox Church in the Christian World East Is East and West Is West The Primacy of Worship Come and See! "Doing Theology" in Orthodox Christianity 2. The Church Joined Together in the Church What Is the Church? Where Is the Church? The Orthodox Church Today What Is "This Rock"? One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic 3. Communion and Revelation What Holds the Orthodox Church Together? Communion and Conciliarity Holy Tradition The Eikōn Holy Scripture Holy Icons 4. Ministry and Leadership The Royal Vocation of All People First among Equals Three Orders of Clergy Ordination of Women Apostolic Succession 5. Christology The Word of God Is a Person Who Is Jesus? Early Challenges to Christology The Rule of Truth Error and Heresy Christology and the Ecumenical Councils Singing Theology 6. Who Are We? What Are We to Do? Created for Communion Tragedy in the Garden Being Saved Theosis All Creation Rejoices Humanity, We Have a Problem The Cross and Resurrection 7. The Holy Trinity The Revealed Trinity Trinitarian Taxis The Cappadocian "Settlement" The Holy Spirit The Church as an Icon of the Trinity 8. Orthodox Worship Liturgy An Earthly Heaven Relevant and Ancient The Holy Mysteries Sin, Confession, and Reconciliation Epilogue Appendix: Excerpts from Selected Apostolic and Patristic Writings Excerpts from the Epistle of St. Ignatius to the Philadelphians Excerpts from the Epistle of St. Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans Excerpts from Against Heresies 3.3 by St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons Full Text of The Didache: The Lord's Teaching through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations Glossary of Orthodox Terms Index