9 Top theology books like The Explanation of the Holy Gospel According to St. Matthew: Vol.1 by Theophylact of Ohrid

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The Explanation of the Holy Gospel According to St. Matthew: Vol.1

By: Theophylact of Ohrid

4.87

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

This classic Orthodox commentary of the New Testament was written in about the year 1100 A.D. by a …

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1. The Orthodox Church

By: Kallistos Ware , Timothy Ware

4.27

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

Since its first publication thirty years ago, Timothy Ware's book has become established throughout… read more

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  • christianity
  • theology
"All Protestants are Crypto-Papists,’ wrote the Russian theologian Alexis Khomiakov to an English friend in the year 1846. ‘ . . . To use the concise language of algebra, all the West knows but one da…"

-Kallistos Ware, The Orthodox Church

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2. Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Teachings

By: Josiah Trenham , Michael Monos , Nitsa McClatchey

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

This book has been written for three purposes. First, to provide the Orthodox reader with a compete… read more

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  • christianity
  • theology
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3. Demons

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.30

Format: 733 pages, Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0679734511. (ISBN13: 9780679734512) Inspired by the true story of a… read more

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"God is the pain of the fear of death"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons

"Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons

"Marriage is the moral death of every proud soul, of all independence."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons

"...and in fact I've noticed that faith always seems to be less in the daytime"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons

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4. Father Arseny, 1893-1973: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father: Being the Narratives Compiled by the Servant of God Alexander Concerning His Spiritual Father

By: Vera Bouteneff

3.95

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Gives stirring glimpses of Fr Arseny's life in a Soviet prison camp and tells the stories of whose … read more

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  • christianity
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5. The Great Divorce

By: C.S. Lewis

4.31

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more

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  • theology
"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

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6. Redwall (Redwall, #1)

By: Brian Jacques

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A quest to recover a legendary lost weapon by bumbling young apprentice monk, mouse Matthias. R… read more

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"I am that is, my sword shall wield for me."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"All work and no play makes Matthias a dull mouse."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"Err, sorry Father Abbot. I tripped y'see. Trod on my Abbot, Father Habit. Oh dear, I mean...."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it's the warrior who wields it."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

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7. An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith

By: John of Damascus

4.01

Format: 30 pages,

A polymath whose fields of interest and contribution included law, theology, philosophy, and music,… read more

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8. Meditations

By: Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay

3.75

Format: 148 pages,

Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a ph… read more

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9. The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.37

Format: 796 pages, Paperback

The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry… read more

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"How good life is when one does something good and just!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

10. The Life of Saint Macrina

By: Gregory of Nyssa

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

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11. On the Incarnation

By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more

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12. The Life of St. Anthony

By: E.A. Wallis Budge , Athanasius of Alexandria

3.98

Format: 212 pages,

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13. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian studies 59)

By: Benedicta Ward , Anthony of Sourozh

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

`Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer asce… read more

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14. The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios

By: Dionysios Farasiotis

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

This powerful memoir tells the story of a Greek youth who, out of a desire to know the truth empiri… read more

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15. Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age

By: Seraphim Rose

3.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

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16. On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ: Selected Writings

By: Robert L. Wilken , Maximus the Confessor , Paul M. Blowers

4.12

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

St Maximus' two main collections of theological reflections-his Ambigua (or "Difficulties") and his… read more

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17. Everyday Saints and Other Stories

By: None

3.50

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

More than a million copies and several million electronic versions of this book have sold in less t… read more

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18. The Struggle for Virtue: Asceticism in a Modern Secular Society

By: Averky Taushev

3.44

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

Archbishop Averky addresses head on the question, "What is asceticism?" He counters the many false … read more

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19. The Screwtape Letters

By: C.S. Lewis

4.27

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

A Masterpiece of Satire on Hell’s Latest Novelties and Heaven’s Unanswerable Answer C.S. Lewis’s T… read more

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"It is always the novice who exaggerates."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"I do not expect old heads on young shoulders."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"Music. A meaningless acceleration in the rhythm of celestial experience."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

20. The Way of a Pilgrim

By: Anonymous , Thomas Hopko , None

3.86

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Ova knjiga nije drugo nego upravo pokusaj opisati osobno iskustvo jednog ruskog poboznika - bogotra… read more

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21. The Spiritual Life and How to be Attuned to it

By: Theophan the Recluse , None

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

St. Theophan the Recluse, possessing a rare degree of patristic scholarship, combined with a thorou… read more

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22. The Art of Prayer

By: Kallistos Ware , None , None , None

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

A spiritual anthology drawn from the Greek and Russian traditions, concerned in particular with the… read more

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23. Thinking Orthodox: Understanding and Acquiring the Orthodox Christian Mind

By: Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou

4.34

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

What does it mean to "think Orthodox"? What are the unspoken and unexplored premises and presumptio… read more

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24. Family Life (Spiritual Counsels #4)

By: Paisios of Mount Athos

4.85

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

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25. Money & Salvation: An Invitation to the Good Way

By: Andrew Geleris

4.69

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

Too often, we as hierarchs, clergy, and lay leaders speak to our people about giving to meet the ne… read more

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26. A Commentary on the Divine Liturgy

By: Nicholas Cabasilas

4.39

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Nicholas Cabasilas' Commentary on the Divine Liturgy is a remarkable product of Byzantium's last gr… read more

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27. Indication of the Way into the Kingdom of Heaven: An Introduction to Christian Life

By: St. Innocent of Alaska

4.64

Format: 73 pages, Kindle Edition

Originally published in the Aleut (Eskimo) language in 1833, this book is a simple yet challenging … read more

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28. Saint Paisios the Athonite

By: Peter Chamberas

4.83

Format: 566 pages, Paperback

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29. Father Arseny: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father

By: Fr Arseny

4.81

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Enjoy this new edition of the classic story of Father Arseny, with freshly edited text, a new cover… read more

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30. The Epistles and the Apocalypse (Commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the)

By: Averky Taushev

4.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This third and final volume of Archbishop Averky's New Testament commentary elucidates the moral an… read more

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31. The Explanation of the Holy Gospel According to St. Matthew: Vol.1

By: Theophylact of Ohrid

4.87

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

This classic Orthodox commentary of the New Testament was written in about the year 1100 A.D. by a … read more

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4.20

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