Amidst the creation evolution debate that is now raging, with evidence being offered for both sides, few have made use of what Fr. Seraphim Rose called and “the missing evidence and “: the teaching of the ancient Orthodox Holy Fathers on the events of creation, the first-created world, the natures of created things, and the original nature of man. Now for the first time in the English language, this teaching has been gathered together and set forth in a thorough, detailed, and above all honest manner. Perhaps more than anyone else in our times, Fr. Seraphim Rose searched, studied, prayed and suffered to understand how the ancients noetically apprehended the creation in the light of the God-inspired book of Genesis. Having acquired their mind, he has presented to the modern world the harmonious Patristic vision of the cosmos.A vital answer to the contemporary and “crisis of meaning, and ” this book sheds startling new light on the mysteries of our origin. The Divine vision of the ancient Fathers opens up unforeseen dimensions of the deeper levels of reality that cannot be reached through rational or scientific means.

Genesis, Creation and Early Man: The Orthodox Christian Vision by Fr. Seraphim Rose (2000-03-16) PDF

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