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The Place of the Heart: An Introduction to Orthodox Spirituality

By Elisabeth Behr-Sigel

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Publisher
Oakwood Publications
Year
1992
Language
english
Format
PDF
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23 MB (24244768 bytes)
Pages
196\196
Time added
2019-07-05 19:47:58

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Preface.Hi Preamble.uii Introduction.1 The Object of ThisStudy.1 Unity andDiversity.2 East andWest.3 The Basic Elements and the Historical Genesis ofOrthodox Spirituality.6 I: Historical Development of Some Basic Elements of Orthodox Spirituality CHAPTER ONE: The Place of the Scriptures.11 CHAPTER TWO: The Heritage of the Primitive Church.17 The Call to Martyrdom.18 The Joy and the Gifts of the Spirit.23 The Eschatological Hope.24 CHAPTER THREE: The Greek Heritage The Intellectual Element in OrthodoxSpirituality.27 Divine and Human Wisdom.27 The Path of Childhood.33 Intelligence and Holiness.36 Some Landmarks.37 Gnostic Martyrdom.40 Conclusion.43 CHAPTER FOUR: Primitive Monasticism: The Desert Fathers.47 Historical Landmarks.47 The Literature of the Desert.51 The Image of the Monk.54 II: The Contemplative Element in Orthodox Spirituality, In Search of the Depths of the Heart CHAPTER FIVE: The Origins ofHesychasm.63 Evagrius Ponticus, 345-399 A.D.64 The Writmgs ofMacarius.70 CHAPTER SIX: The Jesus Prayer, The Prayer of the Heart.75 The Form of the Prayer.75 The Scriptural Origin and Basis of the Prayer.76 The Ejaculatory Prayer of the Desert Monks.78 CHAPTER SEVEN: Historical Survey of Ancient Hesychasm .... 81 The Hesychasm ofMount Sinai.81 St Symeon the New Theologian, 949-1022.88 The Method.95 The Jesus Prayer on Mount Athos during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries.99 CHAPTER EIGHT: The Philokalic Renaissance and Its Spread intoRussia.105 The Philokalia ofMacarius ofCorinth and Nicodemus the Hagiorite.105 The Starets Paisius Velichkousky and the Flourishing of Hesychasm in Moldavia and Russia.108 The Way of the Pilgrim. 113 Modem Elaborations.115 CHAPTER NINE: The Jesus Prayer in the WestToday.121 The Jesus FTayer in the Russian Emigration.122 The Jesus FTayer in Western Religious Literature.123 Use and Misuse of the Jesus FYayer.126 Meditation: The Power of the Name: the Jesus Prayer in Orthodox Spirituality, by Bishop Kallistos Prayer andSilence.135 “Lord Jesus . ..”.139 Simplicity andFlexibility.140 Completeness. 145 The Power of theName.147 Unification.J50 Inwardness.155 BreathingExercises.J6i The Journey’sEnd.is7 FurtherReading...j73 Appendix: Bibliography I. Introduction to Orthodoxy and to Orthodox Spirituality.177 n. The Church of the FirstCenturies.177 HI. The Spirituality of Primitive Monasticism.178 IV. Hesychasm and the Prayer of theHeart.178 V. The Christian Spirituality of AncientRussia.178 VI. Aspects of Orthodox Spirituality in the 19th and 20th Centuries, in Russia and Elsewhere.179

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