Dear Cleante,
Do you know, in Greece, in the Orthodox Church of Greece, works in the English language
that are used in the Greek/Russian, etc. Orthodox churches here in the USA?
Holy Apostles Convent, translators. Orthodox New Testament. 2 vols. Vol. 1,
Evangelistarion, The Holy Gospels. Vol. 2, Praxapostolis, Acts, Epistles, Revelation.
Copyright 2000, Holy Apostles Convent, Buena Vista, CO. This book is sold in our local
Russian Orthodox Church (Old Rite) bookstore.
Also, the following books are used by the Orthodox church here. It's a collection of
Eastern Orthodox Greek and Latin Church Fathers commentary on the whole Bible, edited
by a Methodist editor, and other Evangelicals who are interested in the Ancient Church
Fathers. Some of the work is original work by some non-Orthodox (or not specified as
being Orthodox Christian) translators of the Church Fathers. And from some of the Church
Fathers already translated into English, such as the ANF and NPNF series of Schaff, Grand
Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishers.
ANCIENT CHRISTIAN COMMENTARY ON THE SCRIPTURES. Old and New Testaments. several
volume, edited by Thomas C. Oden, general editor. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
I have seen the Anchor Bible commentaries, and have not found them very useful.
I don't think most or any of the commentators are Eastern Orthodox Christians. So take
them as you will. They don't necessarily disagree with Eastern Orthodox doctrine, but
they don't necessarily address that concern either.
But the ACCS series Ancient Christian Commentary on the Scriptures quotes many
Eastern and Western Greek and Latin speaking Church Fathers. It doesn't comment on
every last verse of the Bible, just those verses that the Old Church Fathers commentated
on the Bible.
God bless you.
One last thing, Mr. Cleante. Do you know of the Greek Orthodox writer Apostolos
Makrakis, and have you read any of his writings? Also, have you read the following two
books in the English language, or in the original Greek language which it was written in?
Saint Photios. (1987). The Mystagogy of the Holy Spirit. Joseph P. Farrell, translator.
Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press.
Saint Photios. (1983). On the Mystagogy of the Holy Spirit. Holy Transfiguration
Monastery, translators. Boston, MA: Studion Publishers.
These two books by Blessed Saint Photios the Great are some of the most blessed,
greatest teachings of Orthodox theology that I have yet read. He really explains why
the Orthodox Church rejects the Filioque and how the E.O. Church really faithfully follows
our LORD Jesus Christ in John 15:26. God bless you; and God bless all of us: all in Greece
and in America and in the whole world, from Russia to Japan and all over the world, from
Israel to Ireland, and wherever people call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
In Erie PA July 9/22, 2011 AD Scott R. Harrington