The Philokalia

Author : G.E.H. Palmer
Publisher : Faber & Faber Non Fiction
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2024-04-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0571374646

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The Philokalia by G.E.H. Palmer Pdf

The Philokalia is a foundational collection of texts written between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has exercised an influence far greater than that of any book other than the Bible in the recent history of the Orthodox Church, and it continues to be read more and more widely. Only a selection of texts from The Philokalia has hitherto been available in English. This is the first complete translation into English from the original Greek in five volumes, the first of which was published by Faber in 1979. It is concerned with themes of universal importance: how we may develop our inner powers and awake from illusion; how we may overcome fragmentation and achieve spiritual wholeness; how we may attain the life of contemplative stillness and union with God. As in the first four volumes, the editors have provided introductory notes to each of the writers, a glossary of key terms and a detailed index.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594733215

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Philokalia—The Eastern Christian Spiritual Texts by Anonim Pdf

The Eastern Christian “Love of the Beautiful” can be a companion on your own spiritual journey A collection of writings by monks from the fourth to fifteenth centuries, the Philokalia more than any other text reflects the Eastern Church’s interpretation of the Bible’s meaning. Simply translated, the title means “love of the beautiful,” which reflects the text’s emphasis on mystical and contemplative practices to engage all of our senses in the acts of worship and prayer. This introduction to the wisdom of the Philokalia illuminates a text that until now has intimidated the general reader in its scholarly translations from Greek and Russian. Allyne Smith focuses his thoughtful selection on seven themes that recur throughout the five-volume work—repentance, the heart, prayer, the Jesus Prayer, the passions, stillness, and theosis. Smith’s enlightening, accessible facing-page commentary fills in the historical and spiritual context, clarifies core teachings, including the Eastern understanding of salvation, and draws connections to modern-day practices, such as contemplative prayer. Now you can experience the spiritual wisdom of the Philokalia even if you have no previous knowledge of Eastern Christianity. This SkyLight Illuminations edition takes you on a journey through this beloved text, showing you how the teachings of Eastern monks can help you become by grace what God is by nature.

Author : Anthony M. Coniaris
Publisher : Light & Life Publishing Company
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1880971380

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Philokalia by Anthony M. Coniaris Pdf

Author : G.E.H. Palmer
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 719 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780571266180

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The Philokalia Vol 4 by G.E.H. Palmer Pdf

The Philokalia is a collection of texts on prayer and the spiritual life, written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, this is the first complete translation into English. It is made from the original Greek, and will be completed in five volumes. Volume IV contains some of the most important writings in the entire collection. St Symeon the New Theologian speaks about the conscious experience of the Holy Spirit and about the vision of the divine and uncreated Light. St Gregory of Sinai provides practical guidance concerning the life of the Hesychast and the use of the Jesus Prayer. St Gregory Palamas discusses the distinction between the essence and the energies of God.

Author : Brock Bingaman,Bradley Nassif
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199874972

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The Philokalia by Brock Bingaman,Bradley Nassif Pdf

The Philokalia (literally "love of the beautiful or good") is, after the Bible, the most influential source of spiritual tradition within the Orthodox Church. First published in Greek in 1782 by St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain and St. Macarios of Corinth, the Philokalia includes works by thirty-six influential Orthodox authors from the fourth to fifteenth-centuries such as Maximus the Confessor, Peter of Damascus, Symeon the New Theologian, and Gregory Palamas. Surprisingly, this important collection of theological and spiritual writings has received little scholarly attention. With the growing interest in Orthodox theology, the need for a substantive resource for philokalic studies has become increasingly evident. The purpose of the present volume is to remedy that lack by providing an ecumenical collection of scholarly essays on the Philokalia that will introduce readers to its background, motifs, authors, and relevance for contemporary life and thought.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1992-07-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0571163939

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Writings from the Philokalia by Anonim Pdf

The Philokalia is an important collection of writings by Fathers of the Eastern Church dating from the fourth to the fourteenth century. It exists in three versions: the Greek, complied in the eighteenth century; the Slavonic; and the Russian. The Russian text, translated by Bishop Theophan the Recluse in the nineteenth century, and consisting of five volumes (with which a sixth is sometimes associated), is the most complete of all three versions. It is the Russian text that has been used in translating into English this selection, which presents a range of Philokalia writings concerning the Jesus Prayer.

Author : G.E.H. Palmer
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780571266166

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The Philokalia Vol 1 by G.E.H. Palmer Pdf

The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has exercised an influence far greater than that of any book other than the Bible in the recent history of the Orthodox Church.

Author : Scott Cairns
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015055451903

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Philokalia by Scott Cairns Pdf

Author : Christopher C.H. Cook
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781620325209

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The Philokalia and the Inner Life by Christopher C.H. Cook Pdf

The Philokalia, a collection of spiritual texts by fathers of the Eastern Church spanning the fourth to the fifteenth centuries, was first published in Venice in 1782. Significant in bringing about a renaissance of Orthodox spirituality since then, it shows deep psychological as well as spiritual awareness. The Philokalia and the Inner Life critically examines the nature of mental and spiritual well-being as understood in the Philokalia. It identifies the passions as 'hostile pleasures', with a seductive and addictive quality, which are detrimental to human well-being, and explores the remedies for the passions that the Philokalia prescribes. Like the Philokalia, contemporary psychotherapies seek to interpret human thoughts and restore well-being, although the 'talking cure' of secular psychotherapy contrasts significantly with the 'praying cure' of the Philokalia.This book is for all who are interested in spirituality, theology and the life of prayer, as well as students of the Philokalia. It is also for clinicians, counselors and psychotherapists, especially those who wish to explore the relationship between psychological and spiritual well-being.

Author : Placide Deseille
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philokalia
ISBN : 0971748373

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Orthodox Spirituality and the Philokalia by Placide Deseille Pdf

Author : Brock Bingaman,Bradley Nassif
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199911837

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The Philokalia by Brock Bingaman,Bradley Nassif Pdf

The Philokalia (literally "love of the beautiful or good") is, after the Bible, the most influential source of spiritual tradition within the Orthodox Church. First published in Greek in 1782 by St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain and St. Macarios of Corinth, the Philokalia includes works by thirty-six influential Orthodox authors from the fourth to fifteenth-centuries such as Maximus the Confessor, Peter of Damascus, Symeon the New Theologian, and Gregory Palamas. Surprisingly, this important collection of theological and spiritual writings has received little scholarly attention. With the growing interest in Orthodox theology, the need for a substantive resource for philokalic studies has become increasingly evident. The purpose of the present volume is to remedy that lack by providing an ecumenical collection of scholarly essays on the Philokalia that will introduce readers to its background, motifs, authors, and relevance for contemporary life and thought.

Author : Andrew Louth
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830899623

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Modern Orthodox Thinkers by Andrew Louth Pdf

Andrew Louth, one of the most respected authorities on Orthodoxy, introduces us to twenty key thinkers from the last two centuries. He begins with the Philokalia, the influential Orthodox collection published in 1782 which marked so many subsequent writers. The colorful characters, poets and thinkers who populate this book range from Romania, Serbia, Greece, England, France and also include exiles from Communist Russia. Louth offers historical and biographical sketches that help us understand the thought and impact of these men and women. Only some of them belong to the ranks of professional theologians. Many were neither priests nor bishops, but influential laymen. The book concludes with an illuminating chapter on Metropolitan Kallistos and the theological vision of the Philokalia.

Author : Origen,Aeterna Press
Publisher : Aeterna Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Philocalia of Origen by Origen,Aeterna Press Pdf

The translation here undertaken is, by kind permission, from the Revised Text (Cambridge, University Press, 1893) of Dr. Armitage Robinson, then Norrisian Professor of Divinity, subsequently Dean of Westminster, now Dean of Wells, who thus describes the original: “The Philocalia of Origen is a compilation of selected passages from Origen’s works made by SS. Gregory and Basil. The wholesale destruction of his writings which followed upon the warfare waged against his opinions shortly after his death, has caused a special value to attach to the Philocalia as preserving to us in the original much of Origen’s work which would otherwise have been entirely lost, or would have survived only in the translations of Rufinus. Aeterna Press

Author : Anthony M. Coniaris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Christian literature, Early
ISBN : 1880971798

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A Beginner's Introduction to the Philokalia by Anthony M. Coniaris Pdf

This beginner's guide to the great five-volume classic of Eastern Orthodox spirituality studies the many concepts addressed in the Philokalia. Each chapter focuses on a single spiritual concept explaining it as simply as possible. Chapters include: Watchfulness (Nepsis), Logismoi (Thoughts), Ascesis, Theosis, The Passion, Stillness (Hesychia), the Jesus Prayer, etc. A superb introduction to the Philokalia. Easy to read.

Author : G.E.H. Palmer
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780571266173

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The Philokalia Vol 3 by G.E.H. Palmer Pdf

The Philokalia is a collection of texts on prayer and the spiritual life, written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has had a decisive influence upon the Orthodox Church during the last two centuries, and it continues to be read more and more widely. The Philokalia is devoted to themes of universal significance: how we may develop our inner powers and awake from illusion; how we may overcome fragmentation and achieve wholeness; how we may attain contemplative stillness and union with God. This is the first complete translation into English. It is made from the original Greek, and is to be completed in five volumes. The third volume contains works dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Peter of Damaskos, the chief author included, offers a clear and comprehensive survey of the spiritual way, quoting abundantly from earlier writers. Symeon Metaphratis, in his paraphrase of Makarios, stresses the central place of the Holy Spirit. As in the first two volumes, the editors have provided introductory notes to each of the writers, a glossary of key terms, and a detailed index.