Publication
Imprint: London; Boston : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. Series: The Philokalia : The Complete Text (5). Responsibility: Compiled by St Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and St Makarios of Corinth; translated from the Greek and edited by G. E. H. Palmer, Philip Sherranrd and Kallistos Ware. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 360 pages ; 23 cm. Features: Includes corrections, glossary, indexes.
Call number
GT-C-EO / TX / Philokalia-5
ISBN
0571117287 / 9780571117284
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Description: The Philokalia is a foundational collection of texts written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First collected and published in Greek in 1782, translated into Slavic and later 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.
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.
Table of Contents: Introduction
St Kallestos and St Ignatios Xanthopollos
Patriarch Kallistos
Kallistos Angelikouds
Selection of the Holy Fathers on Prayer and Attentiveness
St Symeon Archbishop of Thessaloniki
St Mart of Ephesos
An Interpretation of 'Lord Have Mercy'
From the Life of Maximos Kapsokalyvitis
From the Life of St Gregory Palamas
Glossary, Additions and Corrections
Index Authors and Sources, Index Subjects
FY2023 /
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.
Table of Contents: Introduction
St Kallestos and St Ignatios Xanthopollos
Patriarch Kallistos
Kallistos Angelikouds
Selection of the Holy Fathers on Prayer and Attentiveness
St Symeon Archbishop of Thessaloniki
St Mart of Ephesos
An Interpretation of 'Lord Have Mercy'
From the Life of Maximos Kapsokalyvitis
From the Life of St Gregory Palamas
Glossary, Additions and Corrections
Index Authors and Sources, Index Subjects
FY2023 /
Physical description
360 p.; 23 cm
Description
The first English translation of this foundational collection of fourth and fifth century texts by the spiritual masters of the Greek Orthodox Christian tradition.
Language
Original language
Greek