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   As 2019 begins, Saint Vladimir’s Seminary Press has added two titles   
   to its offerings: The Testament of the Lord and Theology as a   
   Surprise.   
      
   The Testament of the Lord becomes the 58th entry into SVS Press’s   
   well-received “Popular Patristics Series.”  The Testament of the Lord   
   is one of several ancient “Church Order” texts.  Written in the first   
   four centuries of the Church, they direct Christian conduct and   
   morality, ecclesiastical organization and discipline, and the Church’s   
   worship and liturgical life.  Beginning with an apocalyptic section in   
   which the risen Lord Himself addresses the reader, The Testament goes   
   on to describe the building of a church, the mode of appointment for   
   clergy and monastics, and the conduct of daily prayers and of other   
   liturgical services.   
      
   The text is newly translated by Alistair Stewart from the extant   
   Syriac (with an eye to Ethiopic manuscripts), and the introduction   
   makes the case for a fourth century Cappadocian redactor who gave the   
   work its present shape, though much of its material goes back at least   
   to the third century.   
      
   Also new from SVS Press is Theology as a Surprise, written by His   
   Grace, Bishop Maxim [Vasiljevi?] of the Diocese of Western America of   
   the Serbian Orthodox Church.   
      
   “This is not a book of theology in the form we have become accustomed   
   to expect: a systematic examination of the usual topics of theological   
   reflection; it is much more than that,” writes Archpriest John Behr,   
   Professor at Saint Vladimir’s Seminary and editor of the Popular   
   Patristics Series.  “Bishop Maxim draws upon Scripture, the Fathers,   
   and Liturgy to address perennial and yet very contemporary questions:   
   our experience of time and history, our existence as human persons and   
   the complexities of sexuality and gender, our life in the polis and   
   the ekkl?sia, and the relational presence of an icon in a world   
   saturated with digital images.”   
      
   Bishop Maxim does so in engagement with a diverse range of   
   contemporary thinkers: philosophers, scientists, poets, artists, media   
   figures, and film directors.  The theological vision and call that   
   emerges here is indeed a surprise, and one that brings the Gospel to   
   bear on all aspects of our life and existence.”   
      
   Both new titles are available through SVS Press or by calling   
   1-800-204-BOOK (2665).   
   --   
   Stephen Hayes, Author of The Year of the Dragon   
   Sample or purchase The Year of the Dragon:   
   https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/907935   
   Web site: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm   
   Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com   
   E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk   
      
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