The Orthodox Church Of Ethiopia

Author : John Binns
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781786730374

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The Orthodox Church of Ethiopia by John Binns Pdf

Surrounded by steep escarpments to the north, south and east, Ethiopia has always been geographically and culturally set apart. It has the longest archaeological record of any country in the world. Indeed, this precipitous mountain land was where the human race began. It is also home to an ancient church with a remarkable legacy. The Ethiopian Church forms the southern branch of historic Christianity. It is the only pre-colonial church in sub-Saharan Africa, originating in one of the earliest Christian kingdoms-with its king Ezana (supposedly descended from the biblical Solomon) converting around 340 CE. Since then it has maintained its long Christian witness in a region dominated by Islam; today it has a membership of around forty million and is rapidly growing. Yet despite its importance, there has been no comprehensive study available in English of its theology and history. This is a large gap which this authoritative and engagingly written book seeks to fill. The Church of Ethiopia (or formally, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church) has a recognized place in worldwide Christianity as one of five non-Chalcedonian Orthodox Churches.As Dr Binns shows, it has developed a distinctive approach which makes it different from all other churches. His book explains why this happened and how these special features have shaped the life of the Christian people of Ethiopia. He discusses the famous rock-hewn churches; the Ark of the Covenant (claimed by the Church and housed in Aksum); the medieval monastic tradition; relations with the Coptic Church; co-existence with Islam; missionary activity; and the Church's venerable oral traditions, especially the discipline of qene-a kind of theological reflection couched in a unique style of improvised allegorical poetry. There is also a sustained exploration of how the Church has been forced to re-think its identity and mission as a result of political changes and upheaval following the overthrow of Haile Selassie (who ruled as Regent, 1916-1930, and then as Emperor, 1930-74) and beyond.

Author : Ephraim Isaac
Publisher : Red Sea Press, U.S.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Ethiopia
ISBN : 1569023697

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The Ethiopian Orthodox Täwahïdo Church by Ephraim Isaac Pdf

Ephraim Isaac sketches the history of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tawahido Church and also that of Christianity as a whole in Ethiopia. As the reader will discover, not only are there strong Biblical Hebraic elements in the theology, political theory and liturgical calendar of the Ethiopian Church but there is also a strong influence from Beta Israel and Ethiopian Jews. Besides Jews and Christians, there are also very large numbers of Muslims and various native beliefs in Ethiopia.

Author : Alemayehu Desta
Publisher : Author House
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781468548907

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Introduction to the Ethiopian Orthodox by Alemayehu Desta Pdf

Faith is the means by which we understand "the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible" (Heb 1:2-3)

Author : Getatchew Haile
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004352513

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The Ethiopian Orthodox Church's Tradition on the Holy Cross by Getatchew Haile Pdf

This work on the Ethiopian orthodox church’s tradition on the Holy Cross is a volume in which Ethiopic literature on the Cross is presented together with an English translation. The sources include homilies and poetic hymns by ancient Greek and Ethiopian teachers.

Author : Ian Campbell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787386310

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Holy War by Ian Campbell Pdf

In 1935, Fascist Italy invaded the sovereign state of Ethiopia--a war of conquest that triggered a chain of events culminating in the Second World War. In this stunning and highly original tale of two Churches, historian Ian Campbell brings a whole new perspective to the story, revealing that bishops of the Italian Catholic Church facilitated the invasion by sanctifying it as a crusade against the world's second-oldest national Church. Cardinals and archbishops rallied the support of Catholic Italy for Il Duce's invading armies by denouncing Ethiopian Christians as heretics and schismatics and announcing that the onslaught was an assignment from God. Campbell marshals evidence from three decades of research to expose the martyrdom of thousands of clergy of the venerable Ethiopian Church, the burning and looting of hundreds of Ethiopia's ancient monasteries and churches, and the instigation and arming of a jihad against Ethiopian Christendom, the likes of which had not been seen since the Middle Ages. Finally, Holy War traces how, after Italy's surrender to the Allies, the horrors of this pogrom were swept under the carpet of history, and the leading culprits put on the road to sainthood.

Author : Christine Chaillot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Church history
ISBN : UOM:39015060024588

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The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Tradition by Christine Chaillot Pdf

Author : Archbishop Yesehaq,Yesehaq (Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Western Hemisphere)
Publisher : Winston-Derek Publishers
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Ethiopia
ISBN : IND:30000055926061

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The Ethiopian Tewahedo Church by Archbishop Yesehaq,Yesehaq (Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Western Hemisphere) Pdf

Author : Philip Francis Esler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 148130674X

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Ethiopian Christianity by Philip Francis Esler Pdf

In Ethiopian Christianity Philip Esler presents a rich and comprehensive history of Christianity's flourishing. But Esler is ever careful to situate this growth in the context of Ethiopia's politics and culture. In so doing, he highlights the remarkable uniqueness of Christianity in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Christianity begins with ancient accounts of Christianity's introduction to Ethiopia by St. Frumentius and King Ezana in the early 300s CE. Esler traces how the church and the monarchy closely coexisted, a reality that persisted until the death of Haile Selassie in 1974. This relationship allowed the emperor to consider himself the protector of Orthodox Christianity. The emperor's position, combined with Ethiopia's geographical isolation, fostered a distinct form of Christianity--one that features the inextricable intertwining of the ordinary with the sacred and rejects the two-nature Christology established at the Council of Chalcedon. In addition to his historical narrative, Esler also explores the cultural traditions of Ethiopian Orthodoxy by detailing its intellectual and literary practices, theology, and creativity in art, architecture, and music. He provides profiles of the flourishing Protestant denominations and Roman Catholicism. He also considers current challenges that Ethiopian Christianity faces--especially Orthodoxy's relations with other religions within the country, in particular Islam and the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches. Esler concludes with thoughtful reflections on the long-standing presence of Christianity in Ethiopia and hopeful considerations for its future in the country's rapidly changing politics, ultimately revealing a singular form of faith found nowhere else.

Author : Seblewengel Daniel
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783686353

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Perception and Identity by Seblewengel Daniel Pdf

Ethiopia is an icon of freedom and indigenous Christianity across Africa due to its historic independence, ancient Christian identity and rich religious heritage. However, Ethiopia and its various Christian denominations have their own understandings of this identity and how these communities relate to one another. In this detailed study, Dr Seblewengel Daniel explores the perception and identity of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and evangelical church in Ethiopia and examines the relations between the two. Beginning with the earliest evangelical missionary engagement with the Orthodox church, Dr Daniel skilfully uses historical and theological frameworks to explain the dynamics at play when approaching the relations over two centuries between these two churches and their respective communities. Daniel ultimately emphasizes that what unites the Orthodox and evangelical church is greater than what divides – namely an ancient faith in the triune God. This important study urges both sides to place the Bible at the centre, using it to understand their differences, and challenges them to take responsibility for past negative perceptions in order to move forward together in greater unity and mutual respect.

Author : Stephen J. Strauss
Publisher : William Carey Library Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0865850488

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Perspectives on the Nature of Christ in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church: A Case Study in Contextualized Theology by Stephen J. Strauss Pdf

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) is non-Chalcedonian, believing that Christ's human and divine natures combined intone nature which is both human and divine. Do Western and Ethiopian Orthodox Christians have the same Christology, but express it differently? If not, how are they different? How should evangelicals in Ethiopia express their understanding of Christ's deity and humanity so that they are clear, inoffensive and biblical? To answer these questions, one must understand historical, formal, linguistic and popular perspectives on the nature of Christ in the EOC. To do this, an ethnographic study of one Addis Abada neighborhood was conducted to begin to understand popular perspectives on the nature of Chris in the EOC. The findings suggest that there are some substantive differences between Chalcedonian and Ethiopian Orthodox perspectives on the nature of Christ. In speaking of Christ, evangelicals in Ethiopia should avoid referring to "two natures" while affirming his full deity and, especially, his full humanity. They should develop a fresh Christological creed for the Ethiopian context.

Author : Esubalew Meaza
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0985682922

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Ascending to Heaven by Esubalew Meaza Pdf

Ancient Churches and Monasteries o fEthiopia

Author : Ethiopian Church
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1695857968

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Books of the Ethiopian Bible by Ethiopian Church Pdf

The Ethiopian Bible is the oldest and most complete bible on earth.Written in Ge'ez an ancient dead language of Ethiopia it's nearly 800 years older than the King James Version and contains over 100 books compared to 66 of the Protestant Bible. The Ethiopian Bible includes the Books of Enoch, Esdras, Buruch and all 3 Books of Meqabyan (Maccabees), and a host of others that were excommunicated from the KJV. Books of the Ethiopian Bible features 20 of these books that are not included in the Protestant Bible.

Author : Waheba Selassie
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780244929138

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Divine Liturgy of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church by Waheba Selassie Pdf

?Blessed are thou that does seeth the depths, seated upon the Cherubim? Established By Qedamawi Haile Selassie For His Coronation Nov. 2nd, 1930 Upon David Throne and Crowned: The King of Kings and Lord of Lords! Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah! Qedamawi Haile Selassie! Meaning: First Power of the Holy Trinity ? The Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God Amen! Also, Knowing that these four Cherubim, was seen by the Holy prophets carrying the Holy Trinity, See Isaiah 6:1-6, Ezekiel 10:1-22 and St. John Revelation 4:1-11. This same Holy Trinity is now made manifested in Our time as the twenty four elders make knowing to John as he was in tears, and told to wept not, Behold the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David has prevailed when the Holy angel ask the proclaiming Question of who is worthy to open the book and loose the seven seals! Until the whole world begins to accept the Living truth, the evil will continue but only for a short time, and that is not far away now.

Author : YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Christian saints
ISBN : UOM:39015053160415

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The Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Church by YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān Pdf

Author : Gebrehiwot Gebreslassie Zesu
Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783954895816

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"The Sacred and the Profane - Environmental Anthropology of Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity" by Gebrehiwot Gebreslassie Zesu Pdf

The Orthodox Tewahedo Christian doctrine in Ethiopian practice has different possibilities: (a) within church compounds the protection of nature (respect of creation), (b) outside the submission of nature, as the Bible demands – both are Christian behaviors! Church is not pro-nature. The Church itself has set up a partition into sacred and profane, with different rule for both spheres; both systems of rules exist parallel. The followers respect the plants and animals in the church compound as end by themselves than a means to their economic objectives; they respect them not for their economic value rather for their perceived duty; respect to God as Church is the house of God. The people do not consider the plants and animals in the Church as simply normal animals rather they are believed to have a metaphysical divine power. Hence, it is impossible to put the follower's ethical perspective in exclusive manner rather it is both anthropocentristic and deep ecological which can be determined by the nature of the space occupied by the recourses.