Seraphim Rose (book)
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| Author | Cathy Scott |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Christian Orthodoxy (Books) Religious Leader Biographies Biographies Memoirs (Books) |
Publication date | September 15, 2000 |
Published in English | September 2000 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 250 pp (Paperback ed) |
| ISBN | 9781928653011 Search this book on  . |
Seraphim Rose: The True Story and Private Letters (2000) is a biographical book by American author Cathy Scott about her uncle Seraphim Rose, formerly known as Eugene Rose, a hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. The book's foreword was written by Father Alexey Young[1] and the preface by Seraphim Rose's sister, Eileen Rose Busby.[2]
Content[edit]
The author collected 140 of Seraphim Rose's previously unreleased private letters and incorporated them in the biography that traces his intellectual journey, chronicling the deep spiritual search that led him to the Orthodox faith, according to Frank Schaeffer, publisher of Regina Orthodox Press, which released the book. It also contains 30 color and black-and-white photographs.[2]
Reception[edit]
Benedict Seraphim wrote that the letters in the book "set out the gradual conversion of Father Seraphim from his former life to his life as Orthodox," and that "it is a book well worth reading, and for those who revere Father Seraphim and wish to know as much about his life as possible, it is a book well worth owning."[3]
The book faced criticism from some Eastern Orthodox faithful for its revelation that Rose was homosexual and that a gay relationship was partly responsible for Rose's conversion to Russian Orthodoxy.[1]
About those calling for the Church’s formal declaration of Rose's sainthood, Giacomo Sanfilippo, editor of Orthodoxy in Dialogue, wrote that Scott ... as Rose's biographer doesn't have any wish to "obstruct her subject’s veneration as a saint." The author simply insists "that the full story be told," Sanfilippo wrote.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lives of a Saint". Pomona College in Claremont, California - Pomona College magazine. April 13, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Seraphim Rose: The True Story and Private Letters". Regina Orthodox Press. September 15, 2000 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Seraphim, Benedict (July 9, 2005). ""Seraphim Rose: The True Story and Private Letters": A Review".
- ↑ "WHEN BIOGRAPHY AND HAGIOGRAPHY COLLIDE by Giacomo Sanfilippo". September 17, 2020.
External links[edit]
- Works by or about Seraphim Rose in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Sons of St. Joseph Podcast with Joseph Sciambra, Fr. Seraphim Rose: My Conversation with His Niece – Cathy Scott
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