Immortality of the Soul: The Testimony of the Old and New Testaments, Orthodox Iconography and Hymnography, and the works of Eastern Fathers and other writers of the Orthodox Church
By Constantine Cavarnos
“In the Gospel according to Matthew, our Lord Jesus Christ says: ‘What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?’ (16:26). [...]The immortality of the soul is taught in the Old and New Testaments, in the works of the Church Fathers and other Ecclesiastical writers of the Orthodox Church, in its iconography and hymnography. I shall undertake to substantiate this assertion by having recourse to these sources, setting forth their relevant teachings.” —“Introductory”
CONTENTS
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS INTRODUCTORY I. THE SOUL’S IMMORTALITY TESTIFIED TO BY THE OLD TESTAMENT II. NEW TESTAMENT’S TESTIMONY III. TESTIMONY OF ICONOGRAPHY IV. TESTIMONY OF HYMNOGRAPHY V. TESTIMONY OF THE CHURCH FATHERS VI. PHILOSOPHICO-THEOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS VII. TESTIMONY IN THE LIVES OF SAINTS AND OTHER WRITINGS INDEX
Item Number: BKC274 Publication data: Belmont, MA: Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1993 Format: softcover Number of pages: 96 Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.5 cm × 14.0 cm × 0.7 cm Additional information: black-and-white illustrations ISBN: 0‒914744‒96‒8
