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Literature
Lectures about Orthodox Faith

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Preface | Introduction | Holy Tradition | Holy Scriptures | Theology | Pneumatology | Christology | Soteriology | Ecclesiology | Holy Sacraments | Mariology | Eschatology | Miscellaneous Topics | Difference between Catholicism and Orthodoxy



Holy Tradition
» Holy Tradition
» Benefits of Holy Tradition
» Tradition & Orthodoxy
» False Traditions
» Sola Scriptura

Holy Scriptures
» Authenticity & Reliability of the Holy Bible
» Infallibility of the Holy Bible
» Biblical Interpretation
» Alleged Discrepancies of the Holy Bible
» How to Read the Holy Bible?

Theology
» Theological Preliminaries
» The Existence of God
» The Attributes of God
» Biblical Foundations of the Trinitarian Faith
» Trinitarian Analogies
» Trinitarian Heresies
» The Triunity of God
» Trinitarian Terminology & Vocabulary
» Implication of the Concept of Perichoresis

Pneumatology
» The Person of the Holy Spirit
» The Deity of the Holy Spirit
» The Filioque Controversy
» Speaking in Tongues

Christology
» Heresies Concerning the Nature of our Lord Jesus Christ
» The Nature of our Lord Jesus Christ
» Biblical Defense of our Faith
» Lord Jesus Christ & the Father
» Lord Jesus Christ & God's Attributes
» Lord Jesus Christ & God's Works
» Things Hard to Understand (Holy Gospel of St. John)
» Things Hard to Understand (Holy Gospel of St. Matthew)
» Things Hard to Understand (Holy Epistles of St. Paul)

Soteriology
» Original Sin & Atonement
» Scope of Salvation
» The Pelagian Controversy
» Grace in the Orthodox Perspective
» Predestination in the Orthodox Perspective
» Would a Believer Perish?
» Confidence in Salvation
» Salvation in the Orthodox Perspective
» Faith in the Orthodox Perspective
» Faith vs. Works
» Works in the Orthodox Perspective
» The Salvation of the Thief

Ecclesiology
» The Doctrine of the Church
» The Notes of the Church
» The Church & our Salvation
» The Alleged Primacy of St. Peter
» The Alleged Papal Infallibility

Holy Sacraments
» What is a Sacrament?
» The Sacrament of Priesthood
» The Order of Melchizedek
» The Question of Women's Ordination
» The Sacrament of Baptism
» Baptism in the Holy Gospels
» Baptism in the Holy Book of Acts
» Baptism in the Holy Pauline Epistles
» Baptism in the Holy Catholic Epistles
» The Sacrament of Confirmation
» The Sacrament of the Eucharist
» The Question of the Real Presence
» Orthodox Reply to Protestant Objections
» The Sacrament of Repentance & Confession
» The Saving Repentance
» Penances & Indulgences
» The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick
» The Sacrament of Matrimony

Mariology
» St. Mary's Perpetual Virginity & Immaculate Conception
» St. Mary's Intercession & Veneration
» St. Mary's Dormition & Assumption
» St. Mary's Symbols & Titles

Eschatology
» Eschatological Preliminaries
» The Second Coming & the Events that Precede It
» The Millennial Rein
» Revelation 20:1-6 Interpreted
» The Second Coming & the Events that Accompany it
» The Eternal Torments of Hell
» Purgatory

Miscellaneous Topics
» On Praying for the Departed
» On Sunday Being the Lord's Day
» On Facing the East in Our Prayers
» On the Veneration of the Holy Cross
» On the Veneration of the Holy Icons
» On the Saints' Intercession & Veneration
» On the Use of Incense and Candles
» On Fasting


Difference between Catholicism and Orthodoxy
» False Traditions
» The Filioque Controversy
» The Nature of our Lord Jesus Christ
» Biblical Defense of our Faith
» The Alleged Primacy of St. Peter
» The Alleged Papal Infallibility
» The Question of the Real Presence
» St. Mary's Perpetual Virginity & Immaculate Conception
» Purgatory
» On Fasting