Focul nestins

by Lawrence R. Farley

Mai poate fi impacata invatatura traditionala a Bisericii despre iad cu viziunea care spune ca Dumnezeu il iubeste pe om? Reprezentand un raspuns detaliat la aceasta intrebare majora, dar si la multe altele de aceeasi profunzime – fara a trece cu vederea „teoriile la moda” despre iad din cultura contemporana –, cartea Parintelui Lawrence R. Farley poate fi socotita si un studiu istorico-hermeneutic asupra temei atat de sensibile a iadului si a pedepsei vesnice.

256 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2019

About the author

Father Lawrence, born in 1954, completed his M. Div. at Wycliffe College, Toronto School of Theology in 1979. After 6 years in pastoral ministry with the Anglican Church of Canada, he entered the Orthodox Church and completed a Certificate program at St. Tikhon’s Seminary in Pennsylvania and was ordained to the priesthood in 1986. Since 1987 he has served as the pastor St. Herman of Alaska Church in Langley BC, a missionary parish of the OCA (Archdiocese of Canada) founded by local laity, which has since grown to attain regular parish status and purchased its own building. Several priests, deacons, and lay members of new missions have emerged from the membership of St. Herman’s. Fr. Lawrence is the author of the Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series from Conciliar Press, and of a number of other books and articles, and appears in regular weekday podcasts on Ancient Faith Radio. He lives in Surrey B.C. with his family.

Reviews

[Costangeles · Rating 4 out of 5]

O sinteză foarte bună a tuturor scrierilor bisericești despre iad, explicate succint, de la cuvântul Mantuitorului până la literatura creștină contemporană. Unele pasaje au fost mai greu de digerat și prea puțin explicate, motiv pentru care îi dau 4 stele și nu 5.

[Florin Bercea · Rating 2 out of 5]

A prezentat foarte bine evolutia ideii de Iad din Vechiul Testament pana la terminarea Sinoadelor Ecumenice. Este o carte interesanta daca vrei sa afli si terminologie in ceea ce priveste termenii utilizati in Septuaginta pentru a defini Iadul, Gheena etc. Totusi traducerea a lasat de dorit.