The importance of fasting and its observance today
Since the apostolic times, the Church has proclaimed the profound importance of fasting and established Wednesday 72 GOTR 62:3-4 2017 and Friday as days of fasting (Didache 8, 1), as well as the fast before Pascha (Irenaeus of Lyons, as cited in Eusebius, Church History 5, 24. Fasting for three or m...
| Subtitles: | Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, Kolymvari, Crete, June 19-26, 2016 |
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| 格式: | 電子 Article |
| 語言: | English |
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Holy Cross School of Theology, Hellenic College
[2017]
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The Greek Orthodox theological review
Year: 2017, 卷: 62, 發布: 3/4, Pages: 71-81 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KDF Orthodox Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B Fasting B 衛生 B Spiritual Life B Lord's Supper B FASTS & feasts |
| 總結: | Since the apostolic times, the Church has proclaimed the profound importance of fasting and established Wednesday 72 GOTR 62:3-4 2017 and Friday as days of fasting (Didache 8, 1), as well as the fast before Pascha (Irenaeus of Lyons, as cited in Eusebius, Church History 5, 24. Fasting for three or more days prior to Holy Communion is left to the discretion of the piety of the faithful, according to the words of Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite: "… fasting before partaking of Communion is not decreed by the divine Canons. "It is good to fast, but may the one who fasts not blame the one who does not fast. |
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| ISSN: | 0017-3894 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Greek Orthodox theological review
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