The Philokalia, Volume 3 The Complete Text; Compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain & St. Markarios of Corinth,9780571175253

The Philokalia, Volume 3 The Complete Text; Compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain & St. Markarios of Corinth

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ISBN13: 9780571175253
ISBN10: 0571175252
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Pub. Date: 1986-08-25
Publisher(s): Faber & Faber
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Summary

The Philokaliais a collection of texts written between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, then translated into Slavonic and later into Russian,The Philokaliahas exercised an influence in the recent history of the Orthodox Church far greater than that of any book apart from the Bible. It is concerned with themes of universal importance: how man may develop his inner powers and awake from illusion; how he may overcome fragmentation and achieve spiritual wholeness; how he may attain the life of contemplative stillness and union with God. Compiled by Bishop Kallistos Ware The fourth volume ofThe Philokalia Volumes I through III are also available.

Table of Contents

Introductory Note 11(2)
Note on Biblical Quotations and References 13(2)
St Philotheos of Sinai
Introductory Note
15(1)
Forty Texts on Watchfulness
16(16)
Ilias the Presbyter
Introductory Note
32(2)
A Gnomic Anthology
Part I
34(9)
Part II
43(4)
Part III
47(5)
Part IV
52(14)
Theophanis the Monk
Introductory Note
66(1)
The Ladder of Divine Graces
67(3)
St Peter of Damaskos
Introductory Note
70(4)
A Treasury of Divine Knowledge
Introduction
74(15)
The Seven Forms of Bodily Discipline
89(4)
The Seven Commandments
93(7)
The Four Virtues of the Soul
100(1)
Active Spiritual Knowledge
101(2)
The Bodily Virtues as Tools for the Acquisition of the Virtues of the Soul
103(2)
The Guarding of the Intellect
105(1)
Obedience and Stillness
106(2)
The Eight Stages of Contemplation
108(1)
The First Stages of Contemplation
109(3)
The Second Stages of Contemplation
112(2)
The Third Stages of Contemplation
114(8)
The Fourth Stages of Contemplation
122(11)
The Fifth Stages of Contemplation
133(1)
The Sixth Stages of Contemplation
134(7)
The Seventh Stages of Contemplation
141(1)
The Eighth Stages of Contemplation
142(2)
That there are No Contradictions in Holy Scripture
144(1)
The Classification of Prayer according to the Eight Stages of Contemplation
145(2)
Humility
147(1)
Dispassion
147(3)
A Further Analysis of the Seven Forms of Bodily Discipline
150(2)
Discrimination
152(3)
Spiritual Reading
155(3)
True Discrimination
158(2)
That we should not Despair even if we Sin Many Times
160(2)
Short Discourse on the Acquisition of the Virtues and on Abstinence from the Passions
162(2)
How to Acquire True Faith
164(3)
That Stillness is of Great Benefit to those Subject to Passion
167(3)
The Great Benefit of True Repentance
170(2)
God's Universal and Particular Gifts
172(1)
How God has done All Things for our Benefit
173(2)
How God's Speech is not Loose Chatter
175(2)
How it is Impossible to be Saved without Humility
177(4)
On Building up the Soul through the Virtues
181(3)
The Great Value of Love and of Advice given with Humility
184(4)
That the Frequent Repetition found in Divine Scripture is not Verbosity
188(3)
Spurious Knowledge
191(12)
A List of the Virtues
203(2)
A List of the Passions
205(2)
The Difference between Thoughts and Provocations
207(4)
Twenty-Four Discourse
Spiritual Wisdom
211(2)
The Two Kinds of Faith
213(3)
The Two Kinds of Fear
216(2)
True Piety and Self-Control
218(3)
Patient Endurance
221(3)
Hope
224(3)
Detachment
227(4)
Mortification of the Passions
231(3)
The Remembrance of Christ's Sufferings
234(5)
Humility
239(3)
Discrimination
242(5)
Contemplation of the Sensible World
247(3)
Knowledge of the Angelic Orders
250(1)
Dispassion
251(2)
Love
253(2)
Knowledge of God
255(1)
Moral Judgment
256(1)
Self-Restraint
257(1)
Courage
258(1)
Justice
258(1)
Peace
259(1)
Joy
260(3)
Holy Scripture
263(5)
Conscious Awareness in the Heart
268(14)
St Symeon Metaphrastis: Paraphrase of the Homilies of St Makarios of Egypt
Introductory Note
282(73)
Spiritual Perfection
285(7)
Prayer
292(7)
Patient Endurance and Discrimination
299(13)
The Raising of the Intellect
312(10)
Love
322(15)
The Freedom of the Intellect
337(18)
Glossary 355(12)
Index
Authors and Sources
367(2)
Subjects
369

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