01427nam a2200181Ia 4500 230822s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97808814118740881411876 eng BX381 .M49 2009 Meyendorff, Paul The anointing of the sick / Paul Meyendorff Crestwood, NY : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2009 186 p. ; 22 cm. Orthodox liturgy series ; 1 Introduction -- The healing ministry of the church. Jesus the healer -- The healing ministry in the apostolic church -- Baptism: sacrament of healing -- Eucharist: medicine of immortality -- The life in Christ -- A brief history of the rite of anointing the sick. The early church -- The Byzantine tradition -- The contemporary rite -- The celebration of the rite -- Theology of the rite of anointing. Sickness and sin -- The experience of sickness -- Healing -- What can be done? Some pastoral suggestions. Restoring the ministry of healing in the parish -- The general anointing on Holy Wednesday -- Celebrating the rite -- What about ministry to non-Orthodox? -- Conclusion: Christ's ultimate victory -- Appendix I. The rite of anointing of the sick -- Appendix II. An abbreviated rite of anointing. Orthodox Eastern Church.Church work with the sick Orthodox Eastern Church.Healing Religious aspects Orthodox Eastern Church. 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2023-08-23 24.50 0 BX381 .M49 2009 00026689 2023-08-23 00:00:00 2023-08-23 BK 44224 44224