In Peace Let Us Pray to the Lord: An Orthodox Interpretation of the Gifts of the Spirit - Paperback

by Herman a. Middleton (Foreword by), Archimandrite Dositheos (Introduction by), Alexis Trader (Author)

For many, the modern Pentecostal Movement can be a perplexing and mystifying world. In this masterful work, Fr. Alexis Trader provides one patristic answer to the questions that Pentecostalism raises, an answer fully grounded in Holy Scripture, and accessible through the spiritual life of stillness. Fr. Alexis deftly shows how the Church that experienced and was established at Pentecost, the Orthodox Church, can illumine our understanding of the history, experience, and teaching of Pentecostalism, while simultaneously providing a pathway to the gifts of the Spirit where seemingly confusing Biblical passages are placed in a context that brings clarity. Without a doubt, this is the best and fullest work dealing with this topic in the English language.

Author Biography

Fr. Alexis Trader is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College (BA), the University of Chicago (MA), St. Tikhon's Orthodox Seminary (MDiv), and the University of Thessalonica (Ph. D.), and was formerly a lecturer in Patristics at St. Tikhon's. Since 1996, he has been a monk of Karakallou Monastery on Mount Athos, and since 2005 has served as priest of the Monastery of St. Demetrios in Nea Kerdyllia, in Greece. He has translated many books from Greek, as well as published his doctoral dissertation, Ancient Christian Wisdom and Aaron Beck's Cognitive Therapy: A Meeting of Minds (Peter Lang, 2011).