Author: Nikolai Ivanov, Archpriest

Publisher: Vladimir Djambov

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Total Pages: 555

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“Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html About the Meaning of Life. Theological Miniatures. 11 From the editors. 12 Archpriest Nikolai Ivanov. Short biography. 13 On the essence of Christianity. 18 Did Christ Exist?. 23 About the Russian Orthodox icon. 34 Person! Does that sound proud ?! 41 Christ is buried ?! Can He Resurrect?. 47 Christian and universal 52 If God exists, then why does He not suppress evil with violence?. 54 Has Christianity "succeeded" or "failed"? 56 About the expediency of nature. 59 About the meaning of life. 61 Learn more about the meaning of life and eternity. 64 About the Fate of Man. 65 Man and Humanity. 69 The Meaning of Being. 71 Eternal Life Instinct. 74 Common Sense. 78 The Pursuit of Excellence. 82 What is my "I"?. 84 Higher Laws. 86 Death and time. 89 Faith. 93 Feat. 95 The Resurrection of Christ and Our Resurrection. 97 Conclusion. 101 And God said ... Biblical Ontology and Biblical Anthropology. 106 SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS. 107 Content 107 Oneness of Truth: Revelation and Science. 118 1. Revelation as a gift from God. 118 2. Science: the path of the human mind. 127 3. The relationship between Revelation and science. 131 4. The special meaning of the first three chapters of Genesis. 139 5. How to Understand the Symbolic Language of Revelation. 148 Part I. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth ...". Biblical ontology. 160 Chapter 1. Prologue of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis. Cosmic aspect 160 1. Biblical Revelation on the Principle of Creation. 160 2. "In the beginning" ("Breshit") 169 3. "Heaven" and "earth" as two archetypes of the created world. 173 4. "Heaven" and "Earth", as the dual unity of the world. 177 5. "Earth", as a symbol of matter: "The earth was formless and empty, and darkness over the abyss" 182 6. Time and eternity: "the earth was (haeta) ..." 186 7. Revelation about the Life-giving Spirit of God: "The Spirit of God hovered over the water ..." 191 Chapter 2. Biblical Revelation about the "days" of creation and building up of the world through the spoken Word of God. 198 1. What is meant by the word “day” in Genesis?. 198 2. Necessary Anthropomorphism of Biblical Speech. 203 3. Biblical Revelation on the principle of the formation of the main forms of the universe. 207 4. Cosmic plan (aspect) of Revelation: "days" of the origin of the entire Cosmos as a whole. 211 5. The planetary aspect of the biblical Revelation - the origin of our Earth. 223 Chapter 3. Creation of man as the crown of the universe. 243 1. Biblical texts on the creation of man. 243 2. Man in the Universe. 250 Chapter 4. One "day" of creation. 256 Part 2. "And God created man ..." Biblical anthropology. 264 Chapter 1. Old Testament Revelation about man. 267 1. Creation [of the world] and Creation of Man. 267 A. The spiritual world of man, his deep self, as the image of the absolute God. 269 B. Creation of man. 274 2. Logical analysis of the word "Adam" in the text of the first chapters of the Book of Genesis. 278 "Adam" means "special" 284 "Adam" means "one" 285 3. Theological anthropology. 286 A. Humanity. 286 B. Part and whole. 287 C. On the materiality of the concept of "humanity" 289 4. Paradise. A. Text research. 294 "Gun" - Paradise. 294 "Eden" (In Russian translation: "We are going") 295 "Mik-kedem" - "In the East" 296 B. Two Trees in Paradise: the Tree of Life and the Tree of Good and Evil 297 B. Rivers and Lands. 308 A) Rivers. 308 B) Earth. Havilah land. 310 Land "Kush" 312 D. Bringing all animals to man to give them names. 317 5. Creation of Eve - the mother of all living. God's Plan for the Creation of Woman. 319 "Assistant" 320 "Tardema" – Sound Sleep. 322 "Edge" 327 "One flesh" 330 "Tardema" and "Extasis" 332 The primordial nakedness of man. 334 6. The Fall. A. Necessary Foreword: Conversation with an Unbelieving Contemporary. 339 B. Exploring Bible Texts about the Fall of Man. 349 "Snake" 349 Snake voice. 355 Snake lie. 358 Fall 363 Lust 366 Condemnation of a person. 369 Expulsion of Adam the All-Kind from Paradise. 379 7. Chapter Four of Genesis: Biblical Philosophy of History. 389 A. Revelation of the beginning and course of human history. 389 B. Abel and Cain. 389 C. Freedom and willfulness. The secret of love. 392 D. The Way Without God. 397 E. Methistory of the development of culture and civilization. 401 E. Song of Lamech. 404 J. Sif 406 General conclusions after reading the fourth chapter 408 Chapter 2. Old Testament Revelation about man in the light of the New Testament 414 1. Old Testament text in the light of the New Testament 414 2. The nature of the spirit world. 415 3. The nature of the enemy of the human race. 417 4. Adam in the light of the New Testament 423 A. About a person in his ideal 423 B. "Ben Adam" - Son of Man. 429 "Son of Man" in the texts of the Old Testament 429 "Son of man" in the texts of the Gospel 430 "Son of Man" in the Farewell Conversation of Jesus Christ and His High Priestly Prayer 432 5. "Paradise in Eden in the East" 434 A. "Paradise" 434 B. "Let's go" ("Eden") 439 C. "In the east" - "mik-kedem" 443 6. The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the light of the New Testament 446 7. Biblical text about rivers and lands in the light of the New Testament 448 Chapter 3. "Paradise in Eden in the East" in the light of the New Testament 463 Appendix. 473 On the philosophical and scientific understanding of the world. 473 What Is Proved and What Is Not Proved. 485 Revolution in the Science of the Universe in the Twentieth century. The Collapse of Faith in the Stationarity of the Cosmos. 498 List of works of Archpriest Nikolai Ivanov. 516 Biography. 521 About the Holy Spirit as the Divine Hypostasis 536