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Made for Union: The Sacramental Spirituality of St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain
Book: Sewn hardcover, printed in two colors with gilded edges and page marker ribbon. 260pp..17x24cm.
Made for Union, by Rev. Fr. George Dokos, presents a comprehensive study of the sacramental spirituality of St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain, a Saint of the Orthodox Church who flourished in the late 18th and early 19th century during the period of the Ottoman Occupation. Although a monk and serious ascetic himself, St. Nikodemos emphasized in his many works the centrality and necessity of the liturgy and sacraments in the life of the Christian.
From the Foreword (by V. Rev. Archimandrite Maximos Constas)
In a series of richly and meticulously documented chapters, Fr. Dokos details St. Nikodemos’ sacramental spirituality, providing us with a detailed presentation of the sacramental foundations of the saint’s thought and theology. After an introduction covering the saint’s life and work, the book begins with a general overview of St. Nikodemos’s ecclesiology, in which the Church is the locus of new life in Christ. This is followed by chapters on Baptism, Chrism, Eucharist, and Confession and Repentance. Fr. Dokos possesses a virtually unparalleled familiarity with St. Nikodemos’ writings, which he has studied both deeply and widely, bringing the full range of the saint’s teaching to bear on the subject. His book provides us with an important corrective to the specious separation of “private” ascetic prayer and “public” liturgy.
| Item Condition | New |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Newrome Press |
| ISBN | 9781939028860 |
| Width -CM | 17.5 |
| Height - CM | 24.5 |
| Depth - CM | 8.3 |
Reviews
Based On 2 reviews.
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P. Ioannis 7/5/2025
An important overview of an essential topic by an exceedingly great saint
St. Nikodemos, greatly misunderstood and maligned by many, presents the essential teaching of the Church on the three initiatic mysteries: Baptism, Chrismation, and Holy Communion, as well as on the continued lived renewal of these mysteries through Confession. The footnotes are copious ( on many pages overwhelming the main text body) but provide essential citations from the works of St. Nikodemos still unfortunately untranslated into English. The book highlights the great precision, fulness, and clarity with which St. Nikodemos presented the foundations of the Orthodox faith. We see in this text the union of two aspects of the saint's thought often mistaken to be at odds with one another: canonical strictness and staunch traditional teaching are shown to be one with the deep spirituality and creative freedom of his monastic instructions. His sacramental theology, presented with precision by Fr. George Dokos, demonstrates the concrete character of the graces given to Christians in the Church as being the very foundation of ascetic and spiritual struggle.
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Sara 7/17/2023
Beautiful
This is a beautiful book! Inside and out!!
