I have a PDf version of this Bible but I'm not sure if it is the best choice. It might be but I would like a second opinion. Money is also sort of rough right now. I'm in the process of starting another job so I have to hold out on spending. But darn, I'd really like an orthodox study bible since that's denomination I am in.
I have a PDf version of this Bible but I'm not sure if it is the best choice. It might be but I would like a second opinion. Money is also sort of rough right now. I'm in the process of starting another job so I have to hold out on spending. But darn, I'd really like an orthodox study bible since that's denomination I am in.
The Communists are not as far from power as one would hope. American foreign policy since about 2005 has aimed at restoring hostile relations with Russia, which gave the Communists a new lease on life they would never have otherwise had. There is a lot of popular nostalgia for what was actually good about the Soviet Union for ordinary citizens, and a lot of fading and wiped memory about the bad, and about how people who didn't toe the official line were treated.
I have a PDf version of this Bible but I'm not sure if it is the best choice. It might be but I would like a second opinion. Money is also sort of rough right now. I'm in the process of starting another job so I have to hold out on spending. But darn, I'd really like an orthodox study bible since that's denomination I am in.
I think the issue is finding a Bible that is based upon the Septuagint instead of the Hebrew Bible which doesn't have the extended canon. I'd like to find a Bible that has the extended canon but I cannot seem to find one. the closest I've been able to get to is something called the common English bible with apocrypha and there aren't any notes in that one. I'd like a Bible with notes in it. I have a study Bible called the ESV study Bible by crossway but that is based upon the Hebrew texts so it doesn't have the rest of the bible in it.
Generally if you look for Catholic Bibles they will have the extended canon and also use some of the textual variants that we prefer elsewhere. However, they will not typically be wholly based on the Septuagint, but that really isn't a requirement for us. And the Catholic canon is very slightly smaller than ours.
interesting. I'm still trying to wrap my head around Eastern Orthodoxy in general. From where I live, it's very hard to find people who can give me good advice. The only people I find are southern baptists, non-denominational, Methodists, and Presbyterians. The closest Greek Orthodox church is several miles away from where I live so I have to find resources online and learn about Orthodoxy. I used to be a baptist but I now know better and I want to advance myself in that direction. It's very hard to do that, however, with protestants telling me otherwise; it's quite discouraging as you know. I just want to learn about the church. I need the basics most importantly. The few websites that are around do help, but I'd like a lot more information about true Christianity which is E Orthodoxy.
What is your point? I know that but back during WW II, American Orthodox people would have seen a prayer for victory from Patriarch Sergius of Moscow in their prayer books. Times are usually tough; Sergius was probably revered then & later usually reviled to some degree.
The Moscow region. I was married and spent my first six months here under Gorbachev.
It is true that Stalin relaxed his persecution of the Church during the War. He needed every able body, including the Orthodox, and he simply couldn’t afford to alienate them.
