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A course in desert spirituality : fifteen sessions with the famous Trappist monk / by Thomas Merton ; edited by Jon M. Sweeney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Lectures. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Desert Fathers.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 176 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- Lecture 1 Early Christian Spirituality (First and Second Centuries) p. 1
- Spirituality in the Age of the Martyrs
- The Ideal of Virgins and Ascetes
- Lecture 2 Aberrations in the Early Centuries p. 7
- Hatred of the Flesh
- Montanism
- Neoplatonism
- Gnosticism
- Lecture 3 The Christian Teachers of Alexandria p. 15
- Clement of Alexandria
- Origen
- Lecture 4 St. Anthony of the Desert p. 23
- Enter St. Anthony ? The Doctrine of Anthony
- The Later Life of Anthony
- Lecture 5 St. Pachomius and the Cenobites p. 30
- Cenobites vs. Hermits
- St. Pachomius's Life Briefly
- The Rule of Pachomius
- Lecture 6 St. Basil of Caesarea p. 37
- His Life Briefly
- The Writings of St. Basil
- Basilian Cenobitism
- Lecture 7 Other Cappadocian Fathers: The Two Gregories p. 43
- St. Gregory Nazianzen
- St. Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa's Writings
- Lecture 8 Palestinian Monasticism and St. Jerome p. 52
- St. Jerome
- Other Controversies in the Life of Jerome
- Jerome's Monastic Doctrine
- Lecture 9 The Community of St. Melania p. 62
- St. Melania
- St. Melania the Younger
- Roman Monasticism in Palestine
- Her Monastic Life in the East
- Lecture 10 Monasticism in Mesopotamia and Syria p. 68
- The Stylites
- Hermits of Nitria and Scete
- Characteristics of Desert Spirituality
- Lecture 11 St. Macarius and Pseudo-Macarius p. 77
- St. Macarius
- Messalianism
- Pseudo-Macarius
- Lecture 12 Evagrius Ponticus on Prayer p. 82
- Importance of Evagrius
- What Does Evagrius Mean by Prayer?
- Degrees of Prayer Summary
- Lecture 13 Master of the Spiritual Life: Cassian p. 90
- Cassian's Error
- Cassian's Life and Background
- Abbot Pinufius
- The Desert of Scete-and Nitria
- The Origenist Conflict
- Constantinople and Gaul
- Lecture 14 The Conferences of Cassian p. 111
- Conference 1: "On the Purpose and Goal of the Monk"
- Conference 2: "On Discretion"
- Conference 4: "On the Desire of the Flesh and of the Spirit" by Abbot Daniel
- Conferences 9 and 10: "Abbot Isaac on Prayer"
- Lecture 15 Philoxenos of Mabbug p. 136
- Foundations of the Spiritual Life
- What Is Simplicity?
- Letter to a Converted Jew
- Letter to a Novice
- Vocation to the Desert
- On Fornication.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814684733
- 0814684734
- OCLC:
- 1057732137
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