The Challenge of Our Past: Studies in Orthodox Canon Law and Church History
By John H. Erickson.
Description
In this collection of essays, Erickson investigates the ways in which concepts and issues relating to the Church's life have developed in the past and continue to challenge Christians in the present. Some take as their point of departure certain words - "canon", "priest", "heretic" - whose meaning and resonance has quietly but significantly shifted over the centuries. Others explore changes in words and images used to express mysteries like forgiveness and reconciliation or to describe the Church's structures for unity and community. Still others exam...
ISBN(s)
0881410861, 9780881410860
