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PROLOGUE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION |
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PROLOGUE TO THE GREEK EDITION |
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INTRODUCTION |
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1.1. ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CATECHISM |
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1.2. THE SOURCES OF CATECHISM |
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1.3. THE HOLY CREED |
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2. |
GOD |
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2.1. THE EXISTENCE OF GOD |
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2.2. THE ESSENCE AND ENERGIES OF GOD |
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2.3. THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES |
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2.4. THE TRIUNE GOD |
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3. |
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD |
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3.1. CREATION IN GENERAL |
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3.2. THE ANGELS |
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3.3. THE DEMONS |
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4. |
MAN |
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5. |
DIVINE PROVIDENCE |
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5.1. GOD AS PRESERVER AND GOVERNER OF THE WORLD |
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5.2. WHY DOES EVIL EXIST IN THE WORLD? |
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PARADISE AND THE FALL OF FIRST MAN |
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6.1. PARADISE |
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6.2. THE ANCESTRAL (ORIGINAL) SIN |
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6.3. THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANCESTRAL SIN |
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6.4. THE GRADUAL CORRUPTION OF THE HUMAN RACE |
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MAN'S REDEMPTION |
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7.1. THE WORK OF DIVINE ECONOMY (DISPENSATION) |
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7.2. THE PREPARATION OF SALVATION |
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8. |
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST |
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8.1. THE PERSON OF CHRIST |
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8.2. THE DIVINE NATURE OF CHRIST |
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THE DIVINE INCARNATION |
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9.1. THE CONCEPTION AND INCARNATION OF THE DIVINE WORD |
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9.2. THE HUMAN NATURE OF CHRIST |
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9.3. THE ALL-HOLLY THEOTOKOS |
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CHRIST AS TEACHER AND PROPHET |
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THE WORK OF CHRIST AS HIGH-PRIEST |
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11.1. THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST AND ITS RESULTS |
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11.2. THE DESCENT OF CHRIST INTO HADES |
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CHRIST'S RESURRECTION |
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12.1. CHRIST'S RESURRECTION AND ITS RESULTS |
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12.2. TESTIMONIES CONCERNING CHRIST'S RESURRECTION |
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12.3. PROPHESIES CONCERNING THE RESURRECTION |
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THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD |
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THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD |
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14.1. THE END OF THE WORLD |
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14.2. THE PERIOD BEFORE THE SECOND COMING |
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14.3. THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD |
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14.4. THE UNIVERSAL JUDGMENT |
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THE ROYAL OFFICE OF CHRIST |
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16. |
THE HOLY SPIRIT |
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16.1. THE NATURE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT |
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16.2. THE PROCEEDING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT |
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16.3. THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT |
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16.4. THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN THE CHURCH |
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17. |
THE CHURCH |
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17.1. MEANING, FOUNDATION, PURPOSE, WORK |
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17.2. NATURE AND ORDER OF THE CHURCH |
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17.3. THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE CHURCH |
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17.4. WHICH IS THE TRUE CHURCH? |
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THE MEANS OF SANCTIFICATION OF THE CHURCH |
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18.1. GENERALLY, CONCERNING THE MEANS OF SANCTIFICATION |
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18.2. THE HOLY MYSTERIES / SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH |
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18.3. THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM |
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THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD |
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19.1. DEATH |
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19.2. LIFE AFTER DEATH |
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19.3. MEMORIAL SERVICES |
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19.4. THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD |
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THE FUTURE LIFE |
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20.1. HELL |
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20.2. PARADISE |
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IN SUMMARY |
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ENGLISH BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY IN GREEK |
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