Life After Death According to Orthodox Tradition by Dr. Jean-Claude Larchet

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Again Dr. Jean-Claude Larchet, the author of the celebrated 3
volume set Therapy of Spiritual Illnesses, offers us another
masterpiece; Life after Death According to Orthodox Tradition.

Dr Larchet's knowledge of the patristic teaching on death is 
impressive. This work is comprehensive in its scope. It is
written according to very high academic standards but it is
very accessible to the lay reader as well. For example, the
following passage concerning the Roman Catholic innovation
of 'purgatory' is pretty straight forward;

"As we have seen in the preceding chapter, for the Orthodox
Church there are only two conditions in which souls are to be
found while awaiting the Resurrection and the Last Judgement:
paradise and hell. The Orthodox Church rules out any third, 
intermediate condition, as the Roman Catholic Church believes
which designates it under the name Purgatory and which, in its
most precise formulations, see in it an independent place
characterized by the activity of a temporal 'purifying fire'."  

from 'Life After Death According to Orthodox Tradition' p.171,
Jean-Claude Larchet, Translated by G. John Champoux, 
Orthodox Research Institute 2012 ISBN 978-1-933275-62-8
 

Table of Contents

Foreword

Chapter One 
      Death: Origin and Spiritual Meaning
Chapter Two
      The Moment of Death
Chapter Three 
      From the First to the Third Day Following Death:
      The Separation of the Soul from the Body
Chapter Four
      From the Third to the Ninth Day: 
      The Traversing of the Aerial Toll-Houses
Chapter Five 
     From the Ninth to the Fortieth Day:
     The Introduction into the Other World
Chapter Six 
     The Fortieth Day: The Particular Judgment
Chapter Seven 
     From the Fortieth Day to the Last Judgment:
     The Intermediate State
Chapter Eight   
     Purgatory
Chapter Nine  
     The Relations Between the Living and the Dead
Chapter Ten 
     The Resurrection and the Last Judgment
Chapter Eleven 
     Eternal Life: The Kingdom of Heaven and Hell
Chapter Twelve 
     Preparing Oneself for Death and Life in the Hereafter

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