Eastern Christian Supply—Eternal Mysteries Beyond the Grave: Orthodox Teachings on the Existence of God, the Immortality of the Soul, and Life Beyond the Grave

Eternal Mysteries Beyond the Grave: Orthodox Teachings on the Existence of God, the Immortality of the Soul, and Life Beyond the Grave

by Archimandrite Panteleimon

“[...I]f man will, to the best of his ability, come to know his rational, spiritual, free, immortal soul, he will reverently and joyfully note that this very soul serves as proof not only of his extraordinary nature, [...]but also of the existence of a spiritual moral order, the Head of which is God, [...]Who has created the whole world, both spiritual and material, and has prepared an existence beyond the grave for the deathless soul of man, preordained to eternal blessedness after physical death.”
—“Preface”

CONTENTS

Preface
1. The Mystery of the Holy Trinity
2. Orthodox Teachings on the Existence of God
3. On the Immortality of Our Soul
4. The Origin of Death
5. The Actual Existence of the Devil
6. On Fallen Angels
7. Saint Anthony’s Struggles Against the Devils
8. What is Death?
9. What is the Soul and What is its Origin?
10. How Significant for Our Lives is Belief in Immortality?
11. Proofs of Immortality
12. The Particular Judgment
13. What the Church Teaches Us About the Trials of the Departed
14. The Journey Beyond Death
15. The Mystery of Death
16. The Mysteries of Life Beyond Death
17. A General View on the Immortality of the Soul and on Life Beyond the Grave
18. Testimony of the Departed About the Immortality of the Soul and About Afterlife
19. Accounts of Passages through the Holy Torments
20. The Remarkable Deaths of Christian Boys
21. Two Visions of the Heavenly Kingdom
22. The Life of Departed Souls Before the Universal Judgment
23. Two Marvelous Occurrences
24. The Miraculous Dream of the Novice Thecla
25. The Tale of a Clairvoyant Girl
26. The Experience of a Certain Ascetic
27. Another Ancient Tale
28. The Story of the Soldier Taxiotes
29. One Hour of Hell on Earth
30. What are the Sufferings of Hell?
31. One Hour of Suffering in Hell
32. How Important it is to Remember the Dead
33. The Departed Request the Living to Pray for Them and are Grateful for Such Prayers
34. How the Departed Appear to Their Relative and Friends to Tell Them of Their Death
35. The Departed Take an Interest in the Survivors
36. More Accounts of Appearances of the Departed
37. A Moral Conclusion to be Drawn from the Above Accounts
38. What the Holy Scripture and the Fathers of the Church Teach About the Location of Paradise
39. What the Holy Scripture and the Fathers of the Church Teach About the Location of Hell
40. The Future Punishment of Sinners
41. An Answer to the Eternal Questions: Shall We Live After Death? An Attack on Atheism and the Doctrine that Death is Final
42. More About Proofs of Man’s Immortality and of His Preservation of His Own Identity After Death
43. A Final Word on the Subject of Immortality: After His Death, Man Preserves His Identity and Leads a Fully Spiritual Life
44. On the Holiness of the Christian Religion
45. A Last Word on the Divine Origin of the Christian Religion
46. The End of the World, the Resurrection of the Dead, and the Last Judgment
47. The Blessed Condition of the Righteous in the Future Life
48. About the Eternal Blessedness of the Saints
49. Thoughts on the Omnipresent Wisdom of God
50. A Defence of Christian Faith Against Disbelief
Conclusion

Item Number: BKJ176
Publication data: Jordanville, NY: Holy Trinity Monastery, 1996
Format: softcover
Number of pages: 316
Dimensions (l × w × h): 23.1 cm × 15.3 cm × 1.6 cm
Additional information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 0-88465-062-6

$17.95 (USD)