Elements of Faith: An Introduction to Orthodox Theology (Biblia.com)

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In Elements of Faith, Christos Yannaras introduces the Western mind to some of the distinctive features of the Orthodox tradition. Not only does he review classical theological questions, but he also analyzes the divisions between the Orthodox mind and Western ways of thinking. Often his discussions lead to vigorous but constructive challenges to Western theology. The outcome is a clearer...

The God of the Church is the God of historical experience, not the God of theoretical assumptions and abstract syllogisms. Precisely this experience of the Church confirms that the God who is revealed in history is not a solitary existence, an autonomous monad or individual essence. He is a Trinity of hypostases, three Persons with absolute existential difference, but as well a community of essence, will and activity. In the tradition of Israel recorded

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