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One of the most important and accessible texts of Eastern Orthodox
Christian teaching on the spiritual life, this book draws upon the
ascetic and mystical doctrine of the Greek Fathers and greats of
the Orthodox Christian church. In an age alienated from spiritual
culture and rooted in materialism, these teachings pose both a
challenge and an invitation to those seeking heightened
spirituality. This book is essential reading for anyone who desires
a profound spiritual journey based upon an encounter with Christ as
God.
The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth
and fifteenth centuries by spiritual master of the Orthodox
Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, translated
into Salvonic 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.
Thousands have fallen in love with the anonymously authored book
"The Way of a Pilgrim"--the account of an ordinary man's encounter
with the Eastern Orthodox Christian practice of the Jesus Prayer,
which consists of the constant repetition of the short phrase,
"Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy upon me." Here is the perfect
introduction to this life-changing practice, as it was taught by
one of the great spiritual lights of Russia. Bishop Ignatius
Brianchaniov (1807-1867) provides wise instruction and advice
covering all aspects of the practice, from how to get started, to
approaching difficulties that arise, to dealing with friends and
family who don't get what you're doing, to making this prayer (also
called the Prayer of the Heart) the foundation of your life.
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Boundless Grandeur (Hardcover)
David G. R. Keller; Foreword by Rowan Williams; Kallistos Ware
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R1,307
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Boundless Grandeur (Paperback)
David G. R. Keller; Foreword by Rowan Williams; Kallistos Ware
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R884
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The title 'the Son of Man' evokes the different aspects of the
whole Christ: the humanity and divinity of Christ, his earthly
ministry, his sacramental presence, and the eschatological
consummation of his work. It is also a term of relationship,
suggestive of both the relations constitutive of the life of the
Holy Trinity, and also of the way that our knowing and loving the
Son of Man is always an invitation to communion - with the Triune
God, as the Body of Christ, and for the life of the world.
Contributors to this collection explore some of the many registers
of the mystery of Christ, both historically and thematically.
Contributors include some of today's leading theological thinkers,
including N.T. Wright, Rowan Williams, Lydia Schumacher, Kallistos
Ware and Oliver O'Donovan. With poetic reflections from Malcolm
Guite. Chapters include: "Son of Man and the New Creation" (N.T.
Wright), "The Son of Man in the Gospel of John" (John Behr), "Sound
and Silence in Augustine's Christological Exegesis" (Carol
Harrison), "According to the Flesh?: The Problem of Knowing Christ
in Chalcedonian Perspective" (Ian Mcfarland), "Christ and the Moral
Life" (Oliver O'Donovan), "Christ and the Poetic Imagination"
(Malcolm Guite)
Spiritual guidance is the serious business of Mount Athos, the
principal service that the Fathers offer to each other and to the
world. Athonites have been purveyors of spiritual guidance for more
than a thousand years in a tradition that goes back to the
fourth-century desert fathers. The recent monastic renewal on the
Mountain is testimony to the Fathers' continuing power to attract
disciples and pilgrims to listen to what they have to say. The
papers included in this volume examine some of the many aspects of
this venerable tradition, as it has developed on Mount Athos, and
as it has devolved upon monks and nuns, spiritual fathers and
confessors, lay men and women, in other parts of Greece and in the
world. Most of the papers were originally delivered at a conference
convened by the Friends of Mount Athos at Madingley Hall,
Cambridge, in 2013.
Mount Athos is the spiritual heart of the Orthodox world. From its
beginnings in the ninth century it attracted monks from all corners
of the Byzantine empire and beyond to experience its seclusion, its
sanctity, and its great natural beauty. The first monastery,
founded in 963, was an international institution from the start; by
the end of the twelfth century separate monasteries had been
founded not only for Greeks but also for Georgians, Amalfitans,
Russians, Serbs, and Bulgarians. Nationality, however, has rarely
counted for much on Athos, and though the Romanians have never
secured a monastery for themselves, today they form, after the
Greeks, the largest ethnic group. This book tells the story of how
these many traditions came to be represented on the Mountain and
how their communities have fared over the centuries. Most of the
papers were originally delivered at a conference convened by the
Friends of Mount Athos at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, in 2009. As
far as possible, the authors were chosen to write about the
traditions that they themselves represent.
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