the Bible and its interpretation in the Orthodox Church Breck, John creator text xx Cresswood, N.Y St. Vladimir's Seminary Press 2001 9999 monographic und eng

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xi, 238 p. ; 23 cm. Aims and methods of Orthodox biblical interpretation. The Bible in the Orthodox church ; Principles of patristic hermeneutics ; Examples of patristic exegesis ; In quest of an Orthodox lectio divina -- Rediscovering biblical chiasmus. Chiasmus as a key to biblical interpretation ; John 21 : appendix, epilogue or conclusion? ; The function of Πα̃ς in 1 John 2:20 ; Mary in the New Testament -- Christ and the Spirit in Scripture and tradition. Christ and the Spirit in Nicene tradition ; Chalcedonian Christology and the humanity of Christ ; Jesus Christ : the "face" of the Spirit ; Prayer of the heart : sacrament of the presence of God -- Appendix : Mary : mother of believers, mother of God. John Breck Orthodox Eastern Church Doctrines.Orthodox Eastern Church.Bible Hermeneutics BS476 .B595 2001 97808814122600881412260 230823