A course in desert spirituality: fifteen sessions with the famous Trappist monk

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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Editor's Prologue; Preface; Lecture 1: Early Christian Spirituality (First and Second Centuries); Spirituality in the Age of the Martyrs; The Ideal of Virgins and Ascetes; Lecture 2: Aberrations in the Early Centuries; Hatred of the Flesh; Montanism; Neoplatonism; Gnosticism; Lecture 3: The Christian Teachers of Alexandria; Clement of Alexandria; Origen; Lecture 4: St. Anthony of the Desert; Enter St. Anthony; The Doctrine of Anthony; The Later Life of Anthony; Lecture 5: St. Pachomius and the Cenobites; Cenobites vs. Hermits Intro Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword Editor's Prologue Preface Lecture 1: Early Christian Spirituality (First and Second Centuries) Spirituality in the Age of the Martyrs The Ideal of Virgins and Ascetes Lecture 2: Aberrations in the Early Centuries Hatred of the Flesh Montanism Neoplatonism Gnosticism Lecture 3: The Christian Teachers of Alexandria Clement of Alexandria Origen Lecture 4: St. Anthony of the Desert Enter St. Anthony The Doctrine of Anthony The Later Life of Anthony Lecture 5: St. Pachomius and the Cenobites Cenobites vs. Hermits St. Pachomius's Life BrieflyThe Rule of Pachomius Lecture 6: St. Basil of Caesarea His Life Briefly The Writings of St. Basil Basilian Cenobitism Lecture 7: Other Cappadocian Fathers: The Two Gregories St. Gregory Nazianzen St. Gregory of Nyssa Gregory of Nyssa's Writings Lecture 8: Palestinian Monasticism and St. Jerome St. Jerome Other Controversies in the Life of Jerome Jerome's Monastic Doctrine Lecture 9: The Community of St. Melania St. Melania St. Melania the Younger Roman Monasticism in Palestine Her Monastic Life in the East Lecture 10: Monasticism in Mesopotamia and SyriaThe Stylites Hermits of Nitria and Scete Characteristics of Desert Spirituality Lecture 11: St. Macarius and Pseudo-Macarius St. Macarius Messalianism Pseudo-Macarius Lecture 12: Evagrius Ponticus on Prayer Importance of Evagrius What Does Evagrius Mean by Prayer? Degrees of Prayer Summary Lecture 13: Master of the Spiritual Life: Cassian Cassian's Error Cassian's Life and Background Abbot Pinufius The Desert of Scete-and Nitria The Origenist Conflict Constantinople and Gaul Lecture 14: The Conferences of Cassian Conference 1: "On the Purpose and Goal of the Monk"Conference 2: "On Discretion" Conference 4: "On the Desire of the Flesh and of the Spirit" by Abbot Daniel Conferences 9 and 10: "Abbot Isaac on Prayer" Lecture 15: Philoxenos of Mabbug Foundations of the Spiritual Life What Is Simplicity? Letter to a Converted Jew Letter to a Novice Vocation to the Desert On Fornication Group Discussion Topics, Questions, and Additional Readings Editor's Notes Index