Philokalia

The Philokalia is the most influential book in the recent history of the Orthodox Church, aside from the Bible. It is an anthology of thirty-six spiritual texts written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by the masters of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, tracing a continuous tradition of the prayer of the heart, or hesychasm, in which the Jesus Prayer plays a growing role, from Evagrios of Pontos to Gregory Palamas. First published in Greek in 1782, and revered for offering a rich tapestry of wisdom on the path to union with God, the texts, largely of monastic origin, serve as a guide to lay people as well as monks in their pursuit of contemplative prayer, ''inner asceticism'', and the purification of the soul.>

Product details

• Authors: Anonymous, Anonymous Anonymous, Andrew Louth, Jonathan L. Zecher
• Assisted by: Andrew Louth (Translation), Louth Andrew (Translation), Jonathan L. Zecher (Translation), Zecher Jonathan L. (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 30.04.2021, delayed
• EAN: 9780241201374
• ISBN: 978-0-241-20137-4
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Classical texts, Christian instruction, Christian life and practice, Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings, Ancient, classical and medieval texts