INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 - GOD AND MAN
WHAT
IS CHRISTIANITY?
ADAM AND
ORIGINAL SIN
SALVATION
THE
PURPOSE OF MAN’S CREATION
THE
HESYCHAST CONTROVERSY
SYNERGY
WHAT IS DEATH?
THE SOUL IN
THE AFTERLIFE
SALVATION
OF NON-ORTHODOX
SOCIAL
ASPECTS OF DEATH
CHAPTER 2 - CATECHISM
JOINING CHRIST
JOINING
THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
CHAPTER 3 - THE DOGMAS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
THE HOLY TRINITY
PARTICIPATING IN GOD
DOGMAS CONCERNING CHRIST THE GOD-MAN
SCRIPTURAL WITNESS CONCERNING THE LORD’S DIVINITY
THE HOLY SPIRIT
CHAPTER 4 - A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GREAT SCHISM
EARLY PROBLEMS
THE PHOTIAN/NICHOLAS DISPUTE
THE GREAT SCHISM
THE FOURTH CRUSADE
CHAPTER 5 - DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AND PROTESTANTS
HOLY TRADITION
DIFFERENT OLD TESTAMENT
CONCERNING ICONS
A NEW LAW IN CHRIST
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
ICONOCLAST CONTROVERSY
SACRAMENTAL DIFFERENCES
CHAPTER 6 - DIFFERENCES WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENT
THE FILIOQUE
THE ORIGINS OF THE FILIOQUE
THE PRIMACY OF THE POPE
INFALLIBILITY
THE SUPERABUNDANCE OF GOOD WORKS
PURGATORY
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
THE EUCHARIST BREAD
OTHER DIFFERENCES
CHAPTER 7 - ON BAPTISM
WHAT IS BAPTISM?
CONVERTS FROM OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
HOW IS BAPTISM ADMINISTERED?
BAPTISM IN THE EARLY CHURCH
BAPTISM IN THE PRESENT DAY
A SUMMARY OF THE SERVICE
THE SPONSOR [GODPARENT]
CHAPTER 8 - FULL MEMBERSHIP
WHAT IS HOLY CHRISM?
THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
CHAPTER 9 - ON FASTING
WHY WE FAST
HOW WE FAST
TYPES OF FASTING
CHAPTER 10 - ON PRAYER
WHAT IS PRAYER?
PRAYER FOR
THE DEPARTED
HOW AND WHEN DO WE PRAY FOR THE DEPARTED?
PRAYING TO THE
SAINTS
CHAPTER 11 - ON CONFESSION
ON THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS
THE
INSTITUTION OF THE SACRAMENT
PENANCES
WHY WE
CONFESS OUR SINS
PREPARING
FOR CONFESSION
CHAPTER 12 - CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOUR
CONDUCT IN CHURCH
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