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St. Antonious & St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Church Recommended Reading List

Bible Study 1. The Canon of Scripture. F. F. Bruce. InterVarsity Press Academic. 2. Who Chose the Gospels?: Probing the Great Gospel Conspiracy. C. E. Hill. Oxford

University Press. 3. An Introduction to the New Testament. H.G. Bishop Moussa. Youth Bishopric. 4. Scripture in Tradition. John Breck. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 5. The Message of the Bible: An Orthodox Christian Perspective. George Cronk. St.

Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 6. Searching for Meaning: An Introduction to Interpreting the New Testament. Paula

Gooder. Westminster John Knox Press. 7. New Testament Introduction. Donald Guthrie. Hendrickson Publishers. 8. Jesus the Messiah. Alfred Edersheim. Hendrickson Publishers. 9. Breaking the Code: Understanding the Book of Revelation. Bruce M. Metzger.

Abingdon Press. 10. Scripture and Tradition: What the Bible Really Says. Edith M. Humphrey. Baker

Academic. 11. Hard Sayings of the Bible. Walter C. Kaiser Jr. and others. InterVarsity Academic

Press. 12. The Rest of the Bible: A Guide to the Old Testament of the Early Church. Theron

Mathis. Conciliar Press. 13. Jesus the Messiah in the Hebrew Bible. Eugen J. Pentiuc. Paulist Press. 14. Images of the Church in the New Testament. Paul S. Minear. The New Testament

Library. 15. Christ in the Psalms. Patrick Henry Reardon. Conciliar Press. 16. Christ in All the Scriptures. A.M. Hodgkin. 17. Introduction to the New Testament. Donald Guthrie. 18. Long-Suffering Love: A Commentary on Hosea with Patristic Annotations. Eugen

J. Pentiuc. Holy Cross Orthodox Press. 19. Divine Rhetoric: The Sermon on the Mount as Message and as Model in Augustine,

Chrysostom, and Luther. Jaroslav Pelikan. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press.

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20. The New Testament Documents: Are they Reliable? F. F. Bruce. William B. Eerdmans.

21. The Old Testament Documents: Are they Reliable and Relevant? Walter C. Kariser Jr. InterVarsity Academic Press.

22. Biblical Criticism on Trial. Eta Linnemann. Kregel. 23. The New Testament: An Orthodox Perspective. Theodore Stylianopolis. Holy Cross

Orthodox Press. 1997. 24. The First Day of the New Creation. Veselin Kesich. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 25. The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say about Human

Origins. Peter Enns. Brazos Press. 26. Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free. F. F. Bruce. William B. Eerdmans. 27. Coptica. Hany N. Takla. St. Mark Foundation. 28. The Old Testament in Eastern Orthodox Tradition. Eugen J. Pentiuc. Oxford

University Press. 29. Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Xavier Léon-Dufour. The Word Among Us. 30. Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words.

William D. Mounce . Zondervan. 31. Dictionary of the Old Testament Pentateuch. T. Desmond Alexander and others.

InterVarsity Press. 32. Dictionary of the Old Testament Historical Books. Bill T. Arnold and others.

InterVarsity Press. 33. Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry, and Writings. Tremper

Longman III and others. InterVarsity Press. 34. Dictionary of the Old Testament Prophets. Mark J. Boda and others. InterVarsity

Press. 35. Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Developments. Ralph P. Martin and

others. InterVarsity Press. 36. Dictionary of New Testament Background. Craig A. Evans and others. InterVarsity

Press. 37. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Gerald F. Hawthorne and others. InterVarsity

Press 38. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. Joel B. Green and others. InterVarsity Press. 39. Have you seen the One I Love? H.H. Pope Shenouda III. BookSurge.

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Saint Mary 1. Mary: Mirror of the Church. Raniero Cantalamessa. 2. The Virgin St. Mary: Mother of all Saints. H.G. Bishop Youanis 3. The Assumption of the Body of Virgin Mary. Father Matta El Meskeen. 4. Mary in the New Testament. Edited by Raymond E. Brown and others. 5. Before Our Eyes: The Virgin Mary Zeitun Egypt 1968 & 1969 Pearl Zaki. 6. Mary and the Fathers of the Church: The Blessed Virgin Mary in Patristic Thought.

Luigi Gambero. 7. On the Blessedness of the Theotokos. Patriarch St. Severus. 8. On the Mother of God. Jacob of Serug, translated by Mary Hansbury. St. Vladimir’s

Seminary Press. 9. Mary, Mother of God.

Apologetics 1. Christian Apologetics. Norman L. Geisler. Baker. 2. Handbook of Catholic Apologetics. Peter J. Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli. Ignatius.

2009. 3. Mere Christianity and the Screwtape Letters. C.S. Lewis. Harper Collins. 2001. 4. On Guard. William Lane Craig. David Cook. 5. Darwin on Trial. Phillip E. Johnson. InterVarsity Press. 6. The Way the World Is: The Christian Perspective of a Scientist. John Polkinghorne.

Westminster John Knox Press. 7. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. Francis S. Collins.

Free Press. 8. The Language of Science and Faith. Karl W. Giberson. InterVarsity Press. 9. More than Matter? Is there More to Life than Molecules? Keith Ward. William B.

Eerdmans. 10. Professors who Believe: the Spiritual Journeys of Christian Faculty. Paul M.

Anderson. InterVarsity Press. 11. A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology. Alister E.

McGrath. Westminister John Knox Press. 2009. 12. Philosophers who Believe: the Spiritual Journeys of 11 Leading Thinkers. Kelly

James Clark. InterVarsity Press.

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13. How the West Really Lost God. Mary Eberstadt. Templeton. 14. A History of Apologetics. Avery Cardinal Dulles. Ignatius. 15. The Challenge of Jesus. N.T Wright. InterVarsity Press. 1999. 16. Misquoting Truth. Timothy Paul Jones. InterVarsity Press.

General Church History 1. The History of the Church. Eusebius, translated by G.A. Williamson. Penguin. 1965. 2. The Early Church. Henry Chadwick. Penguin. 1967. 3. How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind. Thomas C. Oden. InterVarsity Press. 2007. 4. The Blessing of Africa. Keith Augusta Burton. InterVarsity Press. 2007. 5. Early Christian Martyr Stories. Bryan M. Litfin. Baker Academic. 2014. 6. Martyrdom in Christianity. H.G. Bishop Youanis. St. Mark Coptic Orthodox

Church of Chicago. 2008. 7. The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon Vol. 1-3. Price and Gaddis. Liverpool

University Press. 8. Imperial Unity and Christian Divisions. John Meyendorff. St. Vladimir’s Seminary

Press. 1989. 9. The Church of the Ancient Councils: The Disciplinary Work of the Four Ecumenical

Councils. Archbishop Peter L'Huillier. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 1996. 10. The Council of Chalcedon and the Armenian Church. Karekin Sarkissian. Karekin I

Theological and Armenological Studies. 2006. 11. The Council of Chalcedon Reexamined. Fr. V.C. Samuel. British Orthodox Press.

2001.

Spirituality 1. Orthodox Prayer Life: The Interior Way. Matthew the Poor. St. Vladimir’s Seminary

Press. 2. Unseen Warfare. Theophan the Recluse. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 3. Heaven. H.G. Bishop Youannis. Diocese of LA. 4. Paradise of the Spirit: Service. H.G. Bishop Youannis. St. Mark Church. 5. Paradise of the Spirit. H.G. Bishop Youannis. St. Mark Church. 6. The Praktikos & Chapters on Prayer. Evagrius Ponticus. Cistercian.

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7. Paradise of the Spirit Volume 1. H.G. Bishop Youannis. St. Mark Church. 8. Paradise of the Spirit Volume 2. H.G. Bishop Youannis. St. Mark Church. 9. Paradise of the Spirit Volume 3. H.G. Bishop Youannis. St. Mark Church. 10. Milestones of Kingdom Way. H.G. Bishop Youannis. Youth Bishopric. 11. Earthen Vessels: The Practice of Personal Prayer. Gabriel Bunge. Ignatius. 12. The Road to Happiness. Bishop Samuel. St. Mark Church. 13. The Way of a Pilgrim. Anonymous. Harper One. 14. Living Prayer. Anthony Bloom. Templegate. 15. The Practice of the Presence of God. Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection.

Templegate. 16. Jesus: A Dialogue with the Saviour. Lev Gillet. Educational Services. 17. The Burning Bush. Lev Gillet. Templegate. 18. On the Invocation of the Name of Jesus. Lev Gillet. Templegate. 19. Courage to Pray. Metropolitan Anthony Bloom & Georges LeFebvre. St. Vladimir’s

Seminary Press. 20. Beginning to Pray. Anthony Bloom. Paulist. 21. The Communion of Love. Matthew the Poor. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 22. Words for our Time: The Spiritual Words of Matthew the Poor. Matthew the Poor.

Conciliar Press. 23. The Jesus Prayer. Lev Gillet. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 24. Dragon's Wine and Angel's Bread: The Teaching of Evagrius of Ponticus on Anger

and Meekness. Gabriel Bunge. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 2009. 25. The Way of the Ascetics. Tito Colliander. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 1985. 26. Prayer of the Heart: The Contemplative Tradition of the Christian East. George

Maloney. Ava Maria Press. 1981. 27. Vainglory: The Forgotten Vice. Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung. Eerdmans Publishing.

2014. 28. Dangerous Passions, Deadly Sins: Learning From the Psychology of Ancient

Monks. Dennis Okholm. Brazos Press. 2014. 29. Ages of the Spiritual Life. Paul Evdokimov. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 2002. 30. Our Father. Alexander Schmemann. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 2002. 31. Introduction to the Spiritual Life. Louis Bouyer. Notre Dame. 2013.

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32. The Name of Jesus: The Names of Jesus Used by Early Christians (The Development of the Jesus Prayer). Irenee Haush. Cistercian Publications. 1983.

33. Preaching the Word of God. Anthony Coniaris. Holy Cross Orthodox Press. 1983. 34. In Thy Presence. Fr. Lev Gillet. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 1977. 35. Life of Antony. St. Athanasius, translated by Robert C. Gregg. Paulist Press. 1980. 36. On Prayer. Origen. 37. The Life of Repentance and Purity. H.H. Pope Shenouda III. 38. The Roots of Christian Mysticism. Olivier Clement. 39. Saint Macarius the Spiritbearer. Translated by Tim Vivian. St. Vladimir’s Seminary

Press. 2004.

Marriage and Family Life 1. The Sacrament of Love. Paul Evdokimov. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 2. Raising them Right: A Saint's Advice on Raising Children. Theophan the Recluse.

Conciliar Press. 3. How to Speak to Youth. H.G. Bishop Moussa. Youth Bishopric. 4. Youth & Drug Addiction. Dr. Mounir Naguib. Youth Bishopric. 5. Youth & Family Life. H.G. Bishop Moussa. Youth Bishopric. 6. Youth and Pure Living. H.G. Bishop Moussa. Youth Bishopric. 7. The Christian Meaning of Marriage. H.G. Bishop Moussa. Youth Bishopric. 8. Children in the Church Today: An Orthodox Perspective. Sr. Magdalen. St.

Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 9. Love, Sexuality, and the Sacrament of Marriage. John Chryssavgis. Holy Cross

Press. 10. Our Church and Our Children. Sophie Koulomzin. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 11. On Marriage and Family Life. St. John Chrysostom. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press.

Christian Education 1. Order of Creation, Order of Redemption: The Ordination of Women in the

Orthodox Church. Michael Azkoul. Orthodox Research Institute. 2. A Noble Task: Entry into the Clergy in the First Five Centuries. Lewis J. Patsavos.

Holy Cross Press.

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3. Preaching the Word of God. Anthony Coniaris. Orthodox Press. 4. Children's Ministry in the Way of Jesus. David M. Csinos and Ivy Beckwith.

InterVarsity Praxis Press. 5. Leading God's People: Wisdom from the Early Church for Today. Christopher A.

Beeley. William B. Eerdmans. 6. A Mirror for the Church: Preaching in the First Five Centuries. David Dunn-Wilson.

William B. Eerdmans. 7. Evangelism in the Early Church . Michael Green. William B. Eerdmans. 8. Foundations for Christian Education. John L. Boojamra. St. Vladimir’s Seminary

Press. 1989. 9. The Educating Icon: Teaching Wisdom and Holiness in the Orthodox Way. Anton

C. Vrame. Holy Cross Press. 10. When Hearts Become Flame. Stephen Muse . Orthodox Research Institute. 11. Christian Education in the Church of Alexandria in the First Five Centuries. Bishop

Suriel. St. Athanasius Press. 12. Soul Mending: The Art of Spiritual Direction. John Chryssavgis. Holy Cross Press. 13. The Power of the Word in the Worshiping Church. John Breck. St. Vladimir’s

Seminary Press. 14. When Children Became People. O.M. Bakke. Fortress Press. 2005. 15. Navigating the New Evangelization. Raniero Cantalamessa. Pauline Books and

Media. 2014. 16. Children in the Church Today. Sister Magdalen. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 1991. 17. Raising our children. Sami I. Boulos. 2012. 18. Raising them right. Theophan the Recluse. Conciliar Press. 2005. 19. Our Church and Our Children. Sophie Koulomzin. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press.

2004. 20. Spread the Word. Michael Keiser. Conciliar Press. 2011.

Christian Morality and Ethics 1. Christ & Culture. H. Richard Niebuhr. HarperOne. 2. War and Christian Ethics. Arthur F. Holmes. Baker Academic. 3. Virginity: A Positive Approach to Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Raniero Cantalamessa. St. Pauls .

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4. Christian Faith and Same-Sex Attraction: Eastern Orthodox Reflections. Thomas Hopko. Conciliar Press.

5. Stages on Life's Way: Orthodox Thinking on Bioethics. John and Lyn Breck. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press.

6. Environmental Theology? John Hart. Paulist Press. 7. The Sacred Gift of Life: Orthodox Christianity and Bioethics. John Breck. St.

Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 1998. 8. Bioethics: A Primer for Christians. Gilbert Meilaender. William B. Eerdmans. 9. The Freedom of Morality. Yanaris. 10. The Integrated Personality Volumes 1-3. H.G. Bishop Moussa. Bishopric of Youth.

2004.

Dogma 1. Formation of Christian Theology Volume 1: The Way to Nicaea. John Behr. St.

Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 2001. 2. Incarnate Love: Essays in Orthodox Ethics. Vigen Guroian. University of Notre

Dame. 3. Being as Communion. John D. Zizioulas. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 4. Atonement: The Person and Work of Christ. Thomas F. Torrance. InterVarsity Press

Academic. 2009. 5. Sola Scriptura: An Orthodox Analysis of the Cornerstone of Reformation Theology.

Fr. John Whiteford. Conciliar Press. 1996. 6. Orthodoxy. G. K. Chesterton. Ignatius. 1908. 7. The Melody of Faith: Theology in an Orthodox Key. Vigen Guroian. William B.

Eerdmans. 8. Incarnation: The Person and Life of Christ. Thomas F. Torrance. InterVarsity

Academic Press. 2008. 9. Early Christian Doctrines. J.N.D. Kelly. Prince. 1960. 10. Restoring the Unity in Faith: The Orthodox-Oriental Orthodox Theological

Dialogue. Thomas Fitzgerald and Emmanuel Gratsias. Holy Cross Press. 2007. 11. Christ the Conqueror of Hell: the Descent into Hades from an Orthodox

Perspective. Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 2009. 12. God's Many-Splendored Image: Theological Anthropology for Christian Formation.

Nonna Verna Harrison. Baker Academic. 2010.

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13. Belief of Christians in Christ. H.G. Bishop Youanis. St. Mark Church. 2010. 14. The Orthodox Way. Bishop Kallistos Ware. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 1979. 15. Learning Theology with the Church Fathers. Christopher A. Hall. InterVarsity

Academic Press. 16. The Abomination of Desolation. Father Athanasius Iskander. St. Mary Church.

2003. 17. Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity. Larry W. Hurtado.

William B. Eerdmans. 2003. 18. How on Earth did Jesus Become a God? Historical Questions about Earliest

Devotion to Jesus. Larry W. Hurtado. William B. Eerdmans. 2005. 19. Formation of Christian Theology: The Nicene Faith Volume 2 Parts 1 & 2. John

Behr. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 2004. 20. Celebration of Faith: I believe Volume 1. Alexander Schmemman. St. Vladimir’s

Seminary Press. 1991. 21. The Spirit of Early Christian Thought. Robert Louis Wilken. Yale University Press.

2003. 22. The Coptic Orthodox Church as a Church of Erudition and Theology. Fr. Tadros Y.

Malaty. St. George Church of Alexandria. 23. Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters. C.S Lewis. Harper San Francisco.

2003. 24. Christology and the Council of Chalcedon. Fr. Shenouda M. Ishak. Outskirts Press.

2013. 25. The Nestorian Assyrian Church of the East. Metropolitan Bishoy of Damiette. The

Diocese of Damiette. 2004. 26. The Hope of the Early Church. Brian E. Daley. Hendrickson Publishers. 1991. 27. Early Christian Attitudes toward Images. Steven Bigham. Orthodox Research

Institute. 2004. 28. O Death, Where is Thy Sting? Alexander Schmemann. St. Vladimir’s Seminary

Press. 2003. 29. Language for God in Patristic Traditon. Mark Sherdian. InterVarsity Academic

Press. 2015.

Coptic Church History

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1. The Story of the Copts. Iris Habib El Masri. The Coptic Orthodox Bishopric for African Affairs. 1987.

2. Introduction to the Coptic Orthodox Church. Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty. 3. The Popes of Egypt 1: The Early Coptic Papacy. Stephen J. Davis. The American

University in Cairo Press. 2004. 4. The Popes of Egypt 2: The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt. Mark N. Swanson. The

American University in Cairo Press. 2010. 5. The Popes of Egypt 3: The Emergence of the Modern Coptic Papacy. Magdi

Guirguis, Nelly Van Doorn-Harder. The American University in Cairo Press. 2011. 6. Coptic Civilization: Two Thousand Years of Christianity in Egypt. Edited by

Gawdat Gabra. The American University in Cairo Press. 2014. 7. Coptic Identity and Ayyubid Politics in Egypt (1218-1250). Kurt J. Werthmuller.

The American University in Cairo Press. 2010. 8. The Copts and the West (1439-1822). Alastair Hamilton. Oxford University Press

University Press. 2006. 9. Fleeing Herod: A Journey Through Coptic Egypt with the Holy Family. James

Cowan. Paraclete Press. 2013. 10. Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt . Febe Armanios. Oxford University Press.

2011. 11. Christians in Egypt: Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant Communities Past and

Present. Otto F.A. Meinardus. The American University in Cairo Press. 2006. 12. Coptic Saints and Pilgrimages. Otto F.A. Meinardus. The American University in

Cairo Press. 2007. 13. Journey Back to Eden: My Life and Times among the Desert Fathers. Mark Gruber

O.S.B. Orbis Books. 2002. 14. Historical Dictionary of the Coptic Church. Gawdat Gabra. The American

University in Cairo Press. 2008. 15. Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity . Otto F.A. Meinardus. The American

University in Cairo Press. 1999. 16. Christianity in the Land of the Pharaohs: The Coptic Orthodox Church. Jill Kamil.

The American University in Cairo Press. 2002. 17. The Coptic Christian Heritage: History, Faith, and Culture. Edited by Lois M.

Farag. Routledge. 2014. 18. Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt. Edited by Gawdat Gabra and Hany

N. Takla . The American University in Cairo Press. 2008.

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19. The Holy Family in Egypt . The Holy Synod Subcommittee. St. Mina Monastery (Marriout). 2000.

20. Early Libyan Christianity: Uncovering a North African Tradition. Thomas C. Oden. InterVarsity Academic Press. 2011.

21. The History of the Early Coptic Community in the U.S.A. (1955-1970). Sami I. Boulos. 2006.

22. St. Mark: The Apostle Evangelist and Egypt's Patron Saint. Dr. Sami I. Boulos. San Mark. 2010.

23. The African Memory of Mark. Thomas C. Oden. InterVarsity Academic Press. 2011. 24. A Chronology of Saint Mark. Dr. Samir Fawzy Girgis. Saint Mark Foundation for

Coptic History Studies. 2002.

Liturgical Studies 1. Springtime of the Liturgy: Liturgical Texts of the First Four Centuries. Lucien Deiss.

Liturgical Press. 1979. 2. Repentance in Christian Theology. Boda Smith. Liturgical Press. 3. The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West. Robert Taft. Liturgical Press. 4. The Original Bishops. Alistar C. Stewart. Baker Academic. 5. Rites of Ordination. Paul Bradshaw. Pueblo (Liturgical Press). 2013 . 6. The Fathers of the Church . Pope Benedict XVI. William B. Eerdmans. 7. The Eucharist. Alexander Schmemann. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 8. Method of Mystagogical Preaching. Ambrose of Milan. Pueblo (Liturgical Press). 9. A Garland of Hymns from the Early Church. Sebastian P. Brock. 10. The First Catechetical Instruction. St. Augustine. Newman. 11. The Eucharist of the Early Christians. edited by Willy Rordorf. Liturgical Press .

1978. 12. Eucharist: A Journey of Repentance. Rev. Fr. Beniameen M. Morgan. St. Mark the

Apostle's Church Books (Giza). 2011. 13. The Anointing of the Sick. Paul Meyendorff. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 2009. 14. The Perfect Worship. H.G. Bishop Mettaos. The Bishopric of Youth Library. 1999. 15. Christ in the Eucharist. Fr. Tadros Y. Malaty. Coptic Orthodox Christian Center.

2001.

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16. Jesus Christ and The Temple. George A. Barrois. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 1980.

17. The Eucharist: Our Sanctification. Raniero Cantalamessa. Liturgical Press. 1983. 18. The Eucharist and Its Theological Aspects in Scripture, Liturgy, and Patristic

Writings. Dr. Rodolph Yanney. Coptic Church Review. 2011 Vol. 32 Special Issue. 19. Ordination of Women to the Diaconate in the Eastern Churches. Edited by Phyllis

Zagano. Liturgical Press. 2013. 20. Liturgy and Life. Alexander Schmemann. Orthodox Church in America. 1974. 21. For the Life of the World. Alexander Schmemann . St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press.

1973. 22. Spirituality of Liturgy. H.G. Bishop Mettaos. 23. Baptism Christian Initiation. Maxwell E. Johnson. Pueblo (Liturgical Press). 1989. 24. Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity. Robin M. Jensen. Baker Academic. 2012. 25. Baptism in the Early Church. Everett Ferguson. William B. Eerdmans. 2009. 26. The Bible and the Liturgy. Jean Danielou, S.J. University of Notre Dame Press. 1956. 27. Baptism Today. Edited by Thomas F. Best. Pueblo (Liturgical Press). 1989. 28. The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan. Kilian McDonnell. M/G (Liturgical Press). 1996. 29. Of Water & The Spirit. Alexander Schmemann. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 1974. 30. Living Water, Sealing Spirit. Maxwell E. Johnson. Pueblo (Liturgical Press). 1995. 31. The Awe-Inspiring Rites of Initiation. Edward Yarnold, S.J. Liturgical Press. 1971. 32. Ambrose of Milan’s Method of Mystagogical Preaching. Craig Alan Satterlee.

Pueblo (Liturgical Press). 1989. 33. Augustine and the Catechumenate. William Harmless. Pueblo (Liturgical Press).

1995. 34. Mystagogy. Enrico Mazza. Pueblo (Liturgical Press). 1989. 35. The Sacrament of Church Baptism. Bishop Mettaous. St. Mina Monastery Press. 36. Lectures on the Christian Sacraments. St. Cyril of Jerusalem. St. Vladimir’s

Seminary Press. 1977. 37. The Holy Sacraments of Baptism, Chrismation and Holy Communion. St. Cyril of

Jerusalem, edited by Protopresbyter George Dion Dragas. Orthodox Research Institute. 2008.

38. Eucharist: Theology and Spirituality of the Eucharistic Prayer. Louis Bouyer. University of Notre Dame. 1968.

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39. Understanding the Liturgy. Fr. Athanasius Iskander. St. Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church. 2001.

40. The Eucharist. Fr. Tadros Y. Malaty. 41. How to Benefit from the Holy Liturgy Vol 1-2. Bishop Mettaeos. 42. Sacrament of the Eucharist. Bishop Mettaeos. 43. Introduction to Liturgical Theology. Alexander Schmemann. St. Vladimir’s

Seminary Press. 1986. 44. Do This in Remembrance of Me. Bryan D. Spinks. SCM Press. 2013.

Patristics 1. The Conferences. John Cassian. Newman Press. 2. The Institutes. John Cassian. Newman Press. 3. On God and Christ. Gregory of Nazianzus. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 4. Harp of Glory. Enzira Sebhat. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 5. On the Holy Spirit. St. Basil the Great. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 6. Works on the Spirit. St. Athanasius the Great and Didymus the Blind. St. Vladimir’s

Seminary Press. 7. The Cult of the Saints. St. John Chrysostom. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 8. St. Macarius the Spiritbearer. Tim Vivian. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 9. On the Mother of God. Jacob of Serug, translated by Mary Hansbury. St. Vladimir’s

Seminary Press. 10. On Social Justice. St. Basil the Great. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 11. On the Apostolic Preaching. St. Irenaeus of Lyons. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 12. On the Human Condition. St. Basil the Great. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 13. On Christian Teaching. St. Augustine. Oxford University Press. 14. The Scandal of the Incarnation. Irenaeus. Oxford University Press. 15. The Name of Jesus. Irenee Hausherr. Cistercian Publications (SVS). 16. Drinking from the Hidden Fountain. Thomas Spidik. Cistercian Publications (SVS).

1992. 17. Witness to Holiness. Abba Daniel of Scetis. Cistercian Publications (SVS). 18. Becoming Fire. Tim Vivian. Cistercian Publications (SVS). 19. Beginning to Read the Fathers. Boniface Ramsey. Paulist Press.

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20. The Apostolic Fathers. 21. The Letters of Ammonas. Translated by Derwas J. Chitty. SLG Press. 1979. 22. The Apostolic Preaching. Irenaeus, translated by John Behr. St. Vladimir’s Seminary

Press. 1997. 23. The Confessions of St. Augustine. Translated by Maria Boulding, O.S.B. Ignatius

Press. 1997. 24. Pseudo-Macarius: The 50 Spiritual Homilies and the Great Letter. Translated by

George A. Maloney. Paulist Press. 1992.

Monasticism and Monastic Studies

1. Talking Back. Evagrius Of Pontus. Cistercian Publications (SVS).

Lives of the Saints 1. Dialogue on the life of St. John Chrysostom. Palladius. Newman Press. 2. The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks. Translated by Benedicta

Ward. Cistercian Publications. 1975. 3. Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources. Benedicta

Ward. Cistercian Publications. 1987. 4. The Life of Saint Pachomius (Pachomian Koinonia Volume 1). Armand Veilleux.

Cistercian Publications. 1980. 5. Pachomian Chronicles and Rules (Pachomian Koinonia Volume 2). Armand

Veilleux. Cistercian Publications. 1981. 6. Instructions, Letters & Other Writings (Pachomian Koinonia 3). Armand Veilleux.

Cistercian Publications. 1982. 7. The Lives of the Desert Fathers. Normal Russell. Cistercian Publications. 1980. 8. Inheriting Wisdom. Everett Ferguson. Hendrickson Publishers. 2004. 9. Champion of the Truth: The Life of St. Athanasius. Michael Molloy. St Paul’s Press.

1982. 10. St. Monica. Giovanni Falbo. Pauline. 11. The Wisdom of the Desert Fathers. Translated by Benedicta Ward. 12. Journeying into God: Seven Early Monastic Lives. Translated by Tim Vivian.

Fortress Press. 1996. 13. The World of the Desert Fathers. Columba Stewart. Cistercian Publications. 1986.

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14. Early Christian Lives. Carolinne White. 15. Paradise of the Holy Fathers. Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge. 16. The Life of Saint Macarius.

Adult & Young Adult Fiction 1. The Brothers Karamazoff. Fyodor Dostoyevsky. 2. The Chronicles of Narnia (7). C.S. Lewis. Harper Trophy. 1982. 3. The Martyrs of the Catacombs. Anonymous. Kregel Publications. 4. The Fourth Wise Man. 5. Quo Vadis. Heryk Sienkiewicz. Barbour Publishing. 2000. 6. Phantastes. George Macdonald. William B. Eerdmans. 2000. 7. The Pilgrim's Regress. C.S. Lewis. William B. Eerdmans. 1981. 8. Language, Faith, & Fiction. Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Baylor University Press. 2011.

Coptic Art and Archeology 1. Coptic Icons I. Text & Photos: Nabil Selim Atalla. Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo). 1998. 2. Coptic Icons II. Text & Photos: Nabil Selim Atalla. Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo).

1998. 3. Illustrations from Coptic Manuscripts. Text & Photos: Nabil Selim Atalla. Lehnert

& Landrock (Cairo). 2000. 4. The Art of the Icon: A Theology of Beauty. Paul Evdokimov. Oakwood Publications.

1990. 5. An Armenian Artist in Ottoman Egypt: Yuhanna al-Armani and His Coptic Icons.

Magdi Guirguis.The American University in Cairo Press. 2008.

Coptic Language 1. Coptic Grammar. Moawad Dawoud. St. John the Beloved Publishing House (Cairo).

1993. 2. Introduction to Sahidic Coptic. Thomas O. Lambdin. Mercer University Press. 1983. 3. The Abbreviated Coptic-English Dictionary. Adeeb B. Makar. St. Antonius Coptic

Orthodox Church (San Francisco). 2001.

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4. So, You Want to Learn Coptic? Sameh Younan. St. Mary, St. Bakhomious, and St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church (Kirawee). 2005.