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Celebration of Faithby Alexander SchmemannISBN 0881411450 (0-88141-145-0)
Softcover, St Vladimirs Seminary Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Celebration of Faith'Book summary:Includes all three volumes.I: I Believe... [via]
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The Celebration of Faith: I Believeby Alexander Schmemann , John A. JillionsISBN 0881411116 (0-88141-111-6)
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Celebration of Faith: The Virgin Maryby Alexander SchmemannISBN 0881411418 (0-88141-141-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Celebration of Faith: The Virgin Mary'Book summary:This volume, the third in a collection of sermons by Fr Alexander Schmemann, is on a topic that was particularly close to his heart: the Virgin Mary. The "Theotokos," as Mary is usually referred to among the Orthodox, figures prominently in Byzantine liturgical worship. While no single service is without one or more references to her, Eastern Orthodox theological manuals have little to say about Mary beyond repeating the primarily Christological titles affirmed by the Third Ecumenical Council "Theotokos," "Birthgiver of God." It is to the Eastern liturgical tradition, then, that one must turn for a more developed Mariology. Eastern hymnographers, drawing on Scripture, the early Christian Apocrypha and on a rich theological tradition, went far beyond the laconic definition of the Third Ecumenical Council. Fr Schmemann draws on all these to explain Mariology to a modern audience. [via]
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The Church Yearby Alexander Schmemann , John JillionsISBN 0881411388 (0-88141-138-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Church Year'Book summary:There is no human society without celebrations, holidays and feasts, "The feast is part of man's inescapable rhythm of work and rest," observes Fr Schmemann. But beyond the need to rest from work, the development of celebrations in human culture has much deeper root in man's absolutely irrepressible need, not just for rest, but for joy, for meaning that we find the true source of celebration and its tenacity in human society. Feasts, in every culture, have become the repository and expression of a society's goals, ambitions, and worldview. As Fr Schmemann writes, "tell me what you celebrate, and I will tell you who you are."
Christianity is also best understood through its celebrations rather than through abstract dogmatic and theological formulas. Orthodox Christianity in particular has from its earliest days expressed its faith, its understanding of the world and its approach to life through a network of feasts that embrace the entire year. "Without exaggeration we can say that the believer lives from feast to feast, and that for him these feasts sanctify all time through the coming and going of each season."
In this volume, Fr Schmemann examines first the phenomenon of celebration and then its expression in the Orthodox Christian church year, focusing especially on the Christmas and Easter cycles. His reflections on feasts devoted to Mary, the Mother of God, will be included in Volume III of Celebration of Faith.I: I Believe...III: The Virgin Mary.
Father Alexander Schmemann ( 1983) was a prolific writer, brilliant lecturer, and dedicated pastor.I: I Believe... [via]
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The Eucharist: Sacrament of the Kingdomby Alexander Schmemann , Paul KachurISBN 0881410527 (0-88141-052-7)
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The Eucharist Sacrament of the Kingdom: Sacrament of the Kingdomby Alexander Schmemann , Paul KachurISBN 0881410187 (0-88141-018-7)
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For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxyby Alexander SchmemannISBN 0913836087 (0-913836-08-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy'Book summary:In For the Life of the World Alexander Schmemann suggests an approach to the world and life within it, which stems from the liturgical experience of the Orthodox Church. He understands issues such as secularism and Christian culture from the perspective of the unbroken experience of the Church, as revealed and communicated in her worship, in her liturgy - the sacrament of the world, the sacrament of the Kingdom. [via]
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Great Lent: Journey to Paschaby Alexander SchmemannISBN 0913836044 (0-913836-04-4)
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The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983by Alexander Schmemann , Juliana SchmemannISBN 0881412007 (0-88141-200-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983'Book summary:A number of years have passed since Fr Alexander Schmemann's untimely death on December 13, 1983 at the age of sixty-three. Fr Schmemann was known for his many-faceted and eloquent gifts as preacher, professor and priest. His insight into contemporary culture, church life and liturgical celebration left an indelible mark on generations of Christians. These journals offer insight into the quiet, intimate side of his life. They witness the magnitude of his heart, his absolute humanity. Translated and edited by his wife, the abridged journals reveal his recollections and experiences and record his formative creative thought on all manner of subjects. Fr Schmemann writes, 'The meaning of this journal is not so much a desire to record events, but a kind of visit into myself.' They record, often with brutal honesty, his impatience and frustration with himself and events, but above all, his liberation and freedom 'in Christ and His Church.' We see a life replete with the effort to call people to live 'higher and more openly,' to become restored human beings. His love of God, deep faith and reverent love of family serve as an endless wellspring shaping his person. Reading these journals we are inspired, enlivened and renewed. [via]
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A Manual of Eastern Orthodox Prayersby Alexander Schmemann , Juliana SchmemannISBN 0881410128 (0-88141-012-8)
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O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?by Alexander Schmemann , Alexis VinogradovISBN 0881412384 (0-88141-238-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?'Book summary:"...In order to console himself, man created a dream of another world where there is no death, and for that dream he forfeited this world, gave it us decidedly to death.
"...Therefore, the most important and most profound question of the Christian faith must be, how and from where did death arise, and why has it become stronger than life? Why has death become so powerful that the world itself has become a kind of global cemetery, a place where a collection of people condemned to death live either in fear or terror, or, in their efforts to forget about death, find themselves rushing around one great big burial plot?"- Alexander Schmemann, Radio Liberty Broadcast
In this brief collection, Father Alexander Schmemann does not have the luxury for platitudes and pleasantries on the most difficult of life's ultimate questions. Taking us to the heart of Christian revelation and anthropology, he leads us unequivocally and directly, as only he can, to discole why the apostle Paul calls death the "last enemy" (1 Cor. 15:26) and Christ's decisive answer to this enemy.
Father Alexander Schmemann (Â 1983) was a prolific writer, brilliant lecturer, and dedicated pastor.I: I Believe... [via]
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Of Water and the Spirit: A Liturgical Study of Baptismby Alexander SchmemannISBN 0913836109 (0-913836-10-9)
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Our Fatherby Alexander Schmemann , Alexis VinogradovISBN 0881412341 (0-88141-234-1)
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The Primacy of Peter: Essays in Ecclesiology and the Early Churchby Alexander Schmemann , Alexis VinogradovISBN 0881411256 (0-88141-125-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Primacy of Peter: Essays in Ecclesiology and the Early Church'Book summary:In considering the issue which has divided Christians in the past and still divides them today, a group of Orthodox theologians from different theological perspectives reflect upon the scriptural passages which single out Peter among the disciples of Jesus. Koulomzine ("Peter's Place in the Primitive Church") and Kesich ("Peter's Primacy in the New Testament and the Early Tradition"), as exegetes, read the passages in the light of contemporary New Testament research. John Meyendorff ("St Peter in Byzantine Theology") looks at the history of exegesis: how were these passages read at the time when East and West split, quarrelling about the issue of authority in the Church? Finally, Schmemann ("The Idea of Primacy in Orthodox Ecclesiology") and Afanassieff ("The Church Which Presides in Love") look at the meaning of "primacy" as a permanent, through changing, factor of "catholic" ecclesiology.
At a time when an ecumenical reconciliation between Rome and Eastern Christianity appears possible'but when new tensions (or are they actually the old ones?) are surging again'these studies set forth the Orthodox position of the primacy of Peter.
CONTRIBUTORS: John Meyendorff is dean and professor of church history and patristics at St Vladimir's Seminary; Alexander Schmemann ( 1983) was dean of St Vladimir's Seminary and taught church history and liturgical theology (1962-1983); Nicholas Afanassieff ( 1966) was a professor of canon law and church history at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris; Nicholas Koulomzine is a professor of New Testament at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris; Veselin Kesich is professor emeritus of New Testament at St Vladimir's Seminary.
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Ultimate Questions: An Anthology of Modern Russian Religious Thoughtby Alexander SchmemannISBN 0264664671 (0-264-66467-1)
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Women and the Priesthoodby Alexander SchmemannISBN 0881410055 (0-88141-005-5)
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