THE CHURCH IN THE ORTHODOX CONCEPT
The Church is the new “life in Christ,” or the "communion with the Father in the Son by the Holy Spirit,” or the enjoyment joy or partaking of the grace of God. God purchased her at the cost of Christ's Blood (Acts 20:28). Understanding the Church means perceiving the relationship between God and man, manifested in the divine plan of salvation, God's Fatherhood, the kingdom of Christ, the work of the Holy Spirit, the means of grace, the lessons from the history of mankind, the destiny of men etc. It is through the Church that God makes known His redeeming wisdom even to the heavenly hosts (Eph. 3:10).
This book discusses the following points:
• The Nature of the Church.
• The Church Democracy
• The Church Unity.
• Church, Bible and Tradition.
• Church, Tradition and the present life.
• Church and the Apostolic Succession.
• Church councils and conciliarity.
• Church Renewal as a constant movement.
• Renewal and the concept of Ecumenism.
