Eastern Christian Supply—New Library, Volume Five: A Tribute to the Erudition of Constantine Cavarnos: Reviews of Forty-Two of His Books on Patristics, Philosophy, Hellenism, Spiritual Life, Modern Orthodox Saints, Ecumenism, and the Ecclesiastical Arts

New Library, Volume Five: A Tribute to the Erudition of Constantine Cavarnos: Reviews of Forty-Two of His Books on Patristics, Philosophy, Hellenism, Spiritual Life, Modern Orthodox Saints, Ecumenism, and the Ecclesiastical Arts

by Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna

Volume Five of New Library

“It was with great pleasure that I accepted the invitation of Professor Constantine Cavarnos and his learned associate, the Reverend Father Dr. Asterios Gerostergios, on behalf of the Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, to author the fifth volume in the popular series New Library. This acclaimed series of critical reviews and evaluations of books in the fields of ancient, Byzantine, and modern Greek studies, Russian thought, and Eastern Orthodox spirituality, initiated by Dr. Cavarnos, was inspired by the famous Bibliotheke (Library) or Myriobiblion of the ninth-century Orthodox luminary, St. Photios the Great, to whom many attribute the ‘invention’ of the book review. The extensive analyses and reviews of the several hundred books found in the Saint’s Library constitute an encyclopedic feat widely praised by the literati of his day. New Library has earned similar accolades from contemporary research experts in the fields which it covers. ...The present volume of New Library is dedicated to reviews of a large number of works by Professor Cavarnos, an astonishingly prolific writer. These reviews were published, in most instances, in Orthodox Tradition, the journal of the Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies (CTOS), in Etna, California, but also in The Greek Orthodox Theological Review, The Hellenic Voice, and The Hellenic Chronicle, between 1984 and 2009.”
—INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS



INTRODUCTION
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BOOKS REVIEWED AND SOURCES OF REVIEWS
I. REVIEWS OF NEW LIBRARY
   1. New Library, Volume One
   2. New Library, Volume Two
   3. New Library, Volume Four
II. TERMINOLOGY
   1. Orthodox Christian Terminology
   2. Philosophical Dictionary
III. PATRISTICS
   1. The Concept of Christian Love
   2. St. Photios the Great
   3. The Philokalia
   4. St. Mark of Ephesos
IV. PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE
   1. The Educational Philosophy of Benjamin of Lesvos
   2. The Hellenic-Christian Philosophical Tradition
   3. Biological Evolutionism
   4. Pythagoras on the Fine Arts as Therapy
   5. The Seven Sages of Ancient Greece
   6. Plutarch’s Advice on Keeping Well
   7. Aristotle’s Theory of the Fine Arts
   8. Orthodoxy and Philosophy
V. HELLENISM
   1. Cultural and Educational Continuity of Greece
   2. The Hellenic Heritage
   3. Greek Letters and Orthodoxy
VI. PHOTIOS KONTOGLOU
   1. Meetings with Kontoglou
   2. The Anti-Papist Writings of Photios Kontoglou
   3. Soul-Profiting Teachings of Photios Kontoglou
   4. Fine Arts and Tradition
VII. SPIRITUAL LIFE
   1. Fasting and Science
   2. Holiness: Man’s Supreme Destiny
   3. Man’s Spiritual Evolution
VIII. LIFE AFTER DEATH
   1. The Future Life According to Orthodox Teaching
   2. Immortality of the Soul
IX. MODERN ORTHODOX SAINTS
   1. St. Savvas the New
   2. St. Methodia of Kimolos
   3. Blessed Elder Philotheos Zervakos
   4. Blessed Elder Gabriel Dionysiatis
   5. Blessed Elder Iakovos of Epiros, Elder Joseph the Hesychast, and Mother Stavritsa the Missionary
   6. Saint Athanasios Parios
X. ECUMENISM AND MODERNISM
   1. Orthodox Tradition and the Modern World
   2. Ecumenism Examined
   3. Victories of Orthodoxy
XI. ECCLESIASTICAL ARTS
   1. Byzantine Churches of Thessaloniki
   2. Byzantine Chant
   3. Guide to Byzantine Iconography: Volume Two
   4. Byzantine Church Architecture
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Item Number: BKC848
Publication data: Belmont, MA: Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 2009
Format: softcover
Number of pages: xviii + 165
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.4 cm × 13.7 cm × 1.2 cm
ISBN: 978‒1‒884729‒90‒4

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