1983, ISBN: 0a301561be6be0a23ccf4e01b0f68f44

Neubuch, [PU: Faber & Faber January 1983], EASTERN CHRISTENDOM, SPIRITUALITY, PRAYER, ORTHODOXY, SAINTS, CHURCH HISTORY, PATRISTICS, ASCETICISM, NIKODIMOS, HOLY MOUNTAIN, MOUNT ATHOS, The… Mehr…

Neubuch, [PU: Faber & Faber January 1983], EASTERN CHRISTENDOM, SPIRITUALITY, PRAYER, ORTHODOXY, SAINTS, CHURCH HISTORY, PATRISTICS, ASCETICISM, NIKODIMOS, HOLY MOUNTAIN, MOUNT ATHOS, The Philokalia is a four-volume collection of writings from early Church fathers, ascetics, and theologians. Volume 1 contains the earliest writings of the entire Philokalia corpus, including selections from Isaiah the Solitary (late fourth century), Evagrios Ponticus, St. John Cassian (this selection includes one of the earliest descriptions of the ''Eight Vices,'' which evolved in Western spirituality into the Seven Deadly Sins), St. Mark the Ascetic (a text of special note: ''On Those who Think that They are Made Righteous By Works''), St. Hesychios the Priest, St. Neilos the Ascetic, St. Diadochos of Photiki (St. Nikodemos claimed that his On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination reveals ''the deepest secrets of the virtue of prayer'') and St. John of Karpathos. Pick up any volume of the Philokalia and you'll know you're encountering the kind of wisdom that only spirit itself can impart. 378 pp.<

1982, ISBN: 0a301561be6be0a23ccf4e01b0f68f44

Neubuch, [PU: Faber & Faber January 1982], EASTERN CHRISTENDOM, SPIRITUALITY, PRAYER, ORTHODOXY, SAINTS, CHURCH HISTORY, PATRISTICS, ASCETICISM, NIKODIMOS, HOLY MOUNTAIN, MOUNT ATHOS, The… Mehr…

Neubuch, [PU: Faber & Faber January 1982], EASTERN CHRISTENDOM, SPIRITUALITY, PRAYER, ORTHODOXY, SAINTS, CHURCH HISTORY, PATRISTICS, ASCETICISM, NIKODIMOS, HOLY MOUNTAIN, MOUNT ATHOS, The Philokalia is a four-volume collection of writings from early Church fathers, ascetics and theologians. This second volume is dominated by a selection from the writings of St. Maximos the Confessor, whose theological and spiritual depth and precision is increasingly recognized among contemporary theologians, both within and without the Orthodox tradition. Included are his 'Four Hundred Texts on Love,' 'Two Hundred Texts on Theology Written for Thalassios,' and 'On the Lord's Prayer.' The aforementioned Thalassios is represented here by a short work, 'On Love, Self-control, and Life in Accordance with the Intellect.' This volume also contains 'A Discourse on Abba Philimon' (late sixth century), the earliest text to mention the Jesus Prayer in its standard form, ''Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.'' 414 pp.<

1986, ISBN: 0a301561be6be0a23ccf4e01b0f68f44

Neubuch, [PU: Faber & Faber August 1986], EASTERN CHRISTENDOM, SPIRITUALITY, PRAYER, ORTHODOXY, SAINTS, CHURCH HISTORY, PATRISTICS, ASCETICISM, NIKODIMOS, HOLY MOUNTAIN, MOUNT ATHOS, The … Mehr…

Neubuch, [PU: Faber & Faber August 1986], EASTERN CHRISTENDOM, SPIRITUALITY, PRAYER, ORTHODOXY, SAINTS, CHURCH HISTORY, PATRISTICS, ASCETICISM, NIKODIMOS, HOLY MOUNTAIN, MOUNT ATHOS, The Philokalia is a four-volume collection of writings from early Church fathers, ascetics and theologians. This third volume presents St. Philotheos of Sinai, Ilias the Presbyter, a spiritual predecessor of St. Gregory Palamas, St. Peter of Damaskos (eleventh century), whose 'Treasury of Divine Knowledge' occupies more space in The Philokalia than any other writer save Maximos, and St. Symeon Metaphrastis' 'Paraphrase of the Homilies of St. Makarios of Egypt.' Its themes of unseen warfare in the human heart, of synergeia or co-operation between divine grace and human will, and the possibility of conscious assurance of the indwelling grace of the Holy Spirit foreshadow the spirituality of St. Symeon the New Theologian. 457 pp.<