The mystical theology of the Eastern Church

by Vladimir Lossky

Paper Book, 1991

Status

Available

Call number

230.19

Genres

Religion & Spirituality

All Topics

Nonfiction

Collections

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Publication

Cambridge : James Clark & Co. Ltd.e, 1991.

Description

Through a combination of careful scholarship and the warmth of the deep personal devotion of the author, this book provides the authoritative English study of Eastern orthodox theology. Lossky's account makes clear the profound theological differences between East and West, as well as offering an important contribution to ecumenism and to the life of Christian devotion. The tradition of the Eastern Church is presented as a mystical theology with doctrine and experience mutually supporting each other.

User reviews

LibraryThing member davidpwithun

I had read this book several years ago when I first had learned about the Orthodox Church and was trying to find out more about. I don't remember my reaction to it much other than that I was deeply impressed and completely confused. It's a bit difficult to read if you are, as I was then, entirely

unfamiliar with the history of the Church and with Orthodox theology and terminology. But, now that I'm much more familiar with those, I have to say that this book is amazing. I think that everyone who converts to Orthodoxy should do what I did. Read it as one of the first books you read when becoming Orthodox and after living the Orthodox life for a few years read it again. It is without doubt the best book on Orthodox spirituality and theology in the English language -- the classic and the standard.

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