Of Water and the Spirit Audio -Gods Plan for man -The

-Gods Plan for man -The message of the Cross -The Gifts of the Holy Spirit -The proper Christian attitude toward sexuality in society -Marriage and celibacy -What standards will God use to judge us -Woman's role in the Church and in the world -What the Eucharist offers and what it demands -The power of love -The attributes of holiness -Why God allows righteous suffering -Life after death Kernels of wisdom from the Fathers of the Church are sprinkled unobtrusively throughout the text

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Of Water and the Spirit Audio -Gods Plan for man -The[short]Author: Alexander Schmemann, Pages: 154[ short][long] In this study of the Orthodox understanding of Christian initiation, the rites of baptism and chrismation, Fr Schmemann invites us to "rediscover" baptism. He penetrates the Church's rubrics and rituals'often dismissed as out of date or merely quaint to reveal their inner content: a message of man's entrance into new life, into the Church and into the Kingdom. The result is a powerful