“The volume…expands our understanding of the ‘mysteries’ of the Church by using older lists of what was considered a ‘sacrament.'”
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Tag: Eastern Liturgy
Brief Book Review: Invitation to Syriac Liturgy
“Reading a few selections each day from this book impresses the reader with the diversity and commonality of faith expressed by the body of Christ.”
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In What Sense is the Byzantine Rite Eastern?
Liturgical traditions should play no part in today’s dangerous rhetoric of East versus West
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Brief Book Review: Introduction to Eastern Christian Liturgies
Alexopoulos and Johnson synthesize the primary elements that characterize Eastern Christian liturgy as a whole.
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Book Review: Community as Church, Church as Community
“A church is often one of the few places where we experience the gathering and sustaining of community…Community is not easily found anymore in our landscapes.”
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Things I Like About Eastern Christianity (Part 3)
Liturgy as a sacred roleplay in contrast to liturgy as an opportunity to exercise power over others.
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Things I Like About Eastern Christianity (Part 2)
The Christian East has never known a priestly “private Mass.ˮ
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Things I Like About Eastern Christianity (Part 1)
My first attempt to explain what fascinates me about Eastern liturgies.
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100 Years After the Bolshevik Revolution: Bolshevik Famines and Theology
From 1932-33, Stalin authorized the removal of all grain, produce, livestock, and food from rural Ukraine to place his proverbial boot on the throat of the people.
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