Expounding the Teachings of Faith in Sermons
Expounding the Teachings of Faith in Sermons

Summary/Abstract: Across the range of sermon topics, doctrinal tenets hols a special place and importance due to the fact that Christian life is based on the belief in the true God, the Creator and Provider of the world, Who through his Incarnate Son is also the world’s Saviour. The crucial importance of Orthodox doctrine for the Orthodox worship and for Church spirituality account for the exceptional importance of sermons with dogmatic content, which must influence all other types of sermons delivered in the Church. The truths revealed by God and formulated by the Church inform not only the relationship between man and God, but also the relationships among people; each devout Christian must receive, keep and communicate these tenets to his fellow people, in view of acquiring shared spiritual and moral progress. Relating a sermon with doctrinal to the treasury of divine Revelation is not a choice of the preacher, but it constitutes his primordial obligation.

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