Bread and Water, Wine and Oil: An Orthodox Christian Experience of God by MELETIOS WEBBER - October 2007

Conciliar Press, October 2007. Paper Back. Good. In conversation between Eastern and Western Christian Traditions, 'practical orthodoxy' is a phrase we often hear. This phrase suggests the how-to side of ecumenical or catechetical dialogue, after a theological foundation has been laid, when the next question asked is 'what does this mean and how does it apply?' Fr. Meletios (now Abbot of St. John's Monastery in Manton, CA) distils thirty years'pastoral experience into this very practical meditation on the 'stuff' of Orthodox Christian life, from the invisible structure of the human person to the visible materials employed in the Church's sacramental Mysteries. In this book we meet a priest who is also a pedagogue, a teacher concerned that the Christian faithful should assimilate and intelligently enter its ancient and sustaining practices. Whether discussing prayer, fasting, iconography, the structure of the church building, the sanctification of time in the worship cycle, liturgy or the sacraments, this concise catechism guides the reader with sound doctrine and good sense. 195 pp. Moderate cover wear includes curled cover edges; binding is firm, text unmarked.