The Philokalia : the complete text / 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 Sherrard, Kallistos Ware ; with assistance of the Holy Transfiguration monastery (Brookline) ...[and others]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nikodemus Hagioreites, 1748 or 9-1809.

Makarios, Saint, Metropolitan of Corinth, 1731-1805.

Palmer, G. E. H. (Gerald Eustace Howell), 1904-1984, translator.

Sherrard, Philip, translator.

Kallistos, Bishop of Diokleia, 1934-2022, translator.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Philokalia tōn heirōn neptikōn. English. 1979.

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Spiritual life--Orthodox Eastern authors.

Spiritual life.

Christian literature, Early.

Physical Description:

volumes : 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1979-

Contents:

Vol. 1. St. Isaiah the Solitary. Evagrios the Solitary. St. John Cassian. St. Mark the Ascetic. St. Hesychios the Priest. St. Neilos the Ascetic. St. Diadochos of Photiki. St. John of Karpathos

Vol. 2. St. Theodoros the Great Ascetic. St. Maximos the Confessor. St. Thalassios the Libyan. St. John of Damaskos. A discourse on Abba Philimon. St. Theognostos

Vol. 3. Forty texts on watchfulness / St. Philotheos of Sinai

A gnomic anthology / Ilias the Presbyter

The Ladder of Divine Graces / Theophanis the Monk

Book I. A treasury of divine knowlege ; Book II. Twenty-four discourses / St. Peter of Damaskos

Paraphrase of the homilies of St. Makarios of Egypt / St. Symeon Metaphrastis

Vol. 4. On faith ; One hundred and fifty-three practical and theological texts ; The three methods of prayer / St. Symeon the New Theologian

On the practice of the virtues ; On the inner nature of things and on the purification of the intellect ; On spiritual knowledge, love and the perfection of the living / Nikitas Stithatos

On inner work in Christ and the monastic profession ; texts / Theoliptos, metropolitan of Philadelphia ; On watchfulness and the guarding of the heart / Nikiphoros the monk

On commandments and doctrines, warnings and promises, on thoughts, passions and virtues, and also on stillness and prayer ; On the signs of grace and delusion, written for the confessor Longinos ; On stillness ; On prayer / St. Gregory of Sinai

To the most reverend Nun Xenia ; A new testament decalogue ; In defence of those who devoutly practise a life of stillness ; three texts on prayer and purity of heart ; Topics of natural and theological science and on the moral and ascetic life ; The declaration of the holy mountain in defence of those who devoutly practise a life of stillness / St. Gregory Palamas.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

0-571-11377-x

OCLC:

9945836