The Doctrine Of Christ

A LAYMAN'S HANDBOOK
By
Archbishop Dmitri

  
CONTENTS:

Foreword  

Introduction: What Is Orthodoxy?

Chapter I: The Symbol of the Faith 

Chapter II: Christ in the Holy Scriptures

• The Son of God
• The Divine Attributes
• Christ in the Gospels
• Christ in the Epistles and in the Apostolic Fathers

Chapter III: Jesus Christ: Son of God, Son of Man 

Chapter IV: The Guardians of the Faith

• The Divine and the Human in the Birth of Christ
• Mary, Ever-virgin

Chapter V: God and Man at Once

• One Person, Two Natures
• Assuming Human Nature
• The Fathers and the Two Natures
• The Uniting of the Two Natures
• A Permanent Union

Chapter VI:  What This Union Means to Us

• The Deification of the Human Nature of Christ
• We Worship Christ as One Person
• The Two Wills and the Two Energies

Chapter VII: The Object of His Ministry

• The Work of Christ

Chapter VIII: The Prophetic Ministry of Christ

• A Biblical Truth
• Christ's Teachings about Salvation
• The Prophets of God
• The Law: Old and New
• Christ's Work Reveals the New Law

Chapter IX: The Priestly Ministry of Christ

• Christ Our Sacrifice
• The Bread of Life
• The Blood of Christ
• The Priesthood in Hebrews
• The Fathers on the Priesthood of Christ
• Why Christ Was Appointed Priest
• The Consequences of Redemption
• Can One Die for Many?
• Are All Then Saved?

Chapter X: The Royal Ministry of Christ

• The Servant Who Reigns
• The Miracles of Christ:  The Priestly Ministry Continues
• Overruling Death and Hell
• The Descent to Hell
• Christ's Mission in Hell
• The Resurrection
• The Ascension 

Chapter XI: The Dwelling  Place of God

• The Royal Ministry of Christ in His – Church
• The Final Judgment and the Second Coming 

Epilogue