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Interpreting the Bible the Orthodox Way is unavailable, but you can change that!

Orthodox Christian priest John A. Peck draws from his 20 years of experience teaching, preaching, and studying Scripture to provide a concise overview of interpreting the Bible according to the time-tested traditions of the Orthodox Church. Peck teaches a simple method for making sense of difficult passages of Scripture, and putting this important discipline to use for maximum spiritual benefit.

The Bible came from the Church. The Canon of Scripture was fixed at the Council or synod of Carthage in 397 A.D. This Council determined once and for all, for Orthodox Christians, what books were to be considered Holy Scripture. Among the heterodox, the Roman Catholic Church had no official canon until the Council of Trent in the 16th century (although the Vulgate was accepted as the official text since the 5th century), and the protestant churches still have no
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