Publication
Imprint: Spencer, Mass., Cistercian Publications, 1981, c1972. Series: Cistercian studies series, no. 4. Responsibility: Evangrius Ponticus (345-399), previously attributed to Saint Nilus of Ancyra (d. 430), Translated from the Ancient Greek with an introduction and notes by John Eudes Bamberger, preface by Jean Leclerq. OCLC Number: 669182. Physical: 1 volume : xciv, 96 pages, 22 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, indices.
Call number
Meditation / Ponti
ISBN
0879079045 / 9780879079048
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CSS Library Notes
Description: Evagrius Ponticus is the living link through whom the ascetic principles of Hellenistic philosophers passed into the mainstream of Christian monasticism. Although not known by name for generations, Evagrius molded the ideals of Western asceticism through his own widely-disseminated works and through his influence on intermediaries like John Cassian and, through Cassian, Saint Benedict of Nursia. To those seeking God alone, he counseled absolute solitude: the solitude of separation from the world and the solitude of the human soul.
Table of Contents: Preface / Jean Leclerq --
Introduction --
Praktikos --
Chapters on prayer --
Selected bibliography --
Indexes.
FY2017
Table of Contents: Preface / Jean Leclerq --
Introduction --
Praktikos --
Chapters on prayer --
Selected bibliography --
Indexes.
FY2017
Other editions
The praktikos ; Chapters on prayer by Ponticus Evagrius (Paperback)
Physical description
xciv, 96 p.; 22 cm
Description
The living link through whom the ascetic principles of hellenistic philosophers passed into monasticism, Evagrius molded Christian asceticism through his own works and through his influcence on John Cassian, Climacus, Pseudo-Denis, and Saint Benedict.
Language
Original language
Greek (Ancient)
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