Lessons from the Acts and Words of the Lord
19th c. · Spiritual instruction · English translation, 2026
Source edition: Творения иже во святых отца нашего Феофана Затворника. — М.: Изд. Афонского Русского Пантелеимонова монастыря (дореволюционное издание, переизд.).
Cover art: The Appearance of Christ to the People (Явление Христа народу, 1837–1857) — Alexander Ivanov (Russian, 1806–1858) (Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
Read the Gospel of John, Saint Theophan the Recluse urges, not for information but for lessons taken one verse at a time. In ten short meditations he opens the prologue's towering theology — the eternal Word who was with God and was God, the Holy Trinity of three persons in one essence, the Word through whom all things were made and by whom all are upheld, the true Light shining in a darkened world, and God become flesh so that men might be born as children of God.
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Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Lessons From the Acts and Words of the Lord God and Savior of Us, Jesus…
- 2. The Theology of the Holy John the Theologian Concerning the Divinity of the…
- 3. Christ is Risen! «In the Beginning Was the Word, and the Word Was With God…
- 4. «All Things Were Made Through Him, and Apart From Him Nothing That Exists…
- 5. The Lord—Providence Over All
- 6. «And That Life Was the Light of Mankind» (Jn. 1:4)
- 7. «And the Light Shines in the Darkness, and the Darkness Has Not Overcome it»…
- 8. Darkness of the Fall is Sinful Darkness
- 9. The Significance of the Holy John the Forerunner of the Lord
- 10. Characteristic Features of True Light
- The Author: Saint Theophan the Recluse