Giver of Life

by Oliver, John

• ISBN13: 9781557256751
• ISBN10: 1557256756
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Paraclete Pr

Summary

Presents the Orthodox perspective on who the Holy Spirit is, where the mystery of God comes alive. Delving deep and subtly into Orthodox tradition and theology,Giver of Lifearticulates the identity of the Holy Spirit as the third Person of the Trinity as well as the role of the Holy Spirit in the salvation of the world. Written with a poetic sensibility, Fr. Oliver begins with Pentecost, an event uniquely celebrated in Orthodoxy as a time when greenery of all kinds is brought into churches. "The splash of green foliage calls to mind not just life, but a special kind of life. It is the life that transcends biological existence and flows from the very Godhead Itself; it is life thatrs"s a state of being-immortal, everlasting, changeless. Ferns and flowers fade and die, but souls filled with this ls"life from abovers" flourish forever." Reflecting on the relationship of the Holy Spirit to the Church, to the world, and to the human person,Giver of Lifelooks to the impressive biblical and liturgical tradition of Orthodox Christianity. This is a book weighty in content but accessible in tone, not an academic study of the mind, but a lived experience of the heart.

Author Biography

Father John W. Oliver is the priest of St. Elizabeth Orthodox Christian Church in Murfreesboro, TN. A graduate of St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, he later joined their faculty as instructor in Old and New Testament and American Religious History.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
O Heavenly King	p. 11
The Comforter	p. 23
The Spirit of Trut	p. 35
Who Art Everywhere Present and Fillest All Things	p. 51
Treasury of Good Things	p. 65
Giver of Life	p. 79
Come and Abide in Us	p. 91
Cleanse Us from Every Impurity, and Save Our Souls	p. 105
O Gracious Lord	p. 117
Notes	p. 125
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