By Christopher C.H. Cook
The Philokalia, a suite of religious texts by way of fathers of the jap Church spanning the fourth to the 15th centuries, was once first released in Venice in 1782. major in bringing a few renaissance of Orthodox spirituality for the reason that then, it indicates deep mental in addition to religious knowledge. The Philokalia and the interior existence significantly examines the character of psychological and non secular health as understood within the Philokalia. It identifies the passions as 'hostile pleasures', with a seductive and addictive caliber, that are dangerous to human future health, and explores the treatments for the passions that the Philokalia prescribes. just like the Philokalia, modern psychotherapies search to interpret human ideas and fix health and wellbeing, even supposing the 'talking medication' of secular psychotherapy contrasts considerably with the 'praying treatment' of the Philokalia.This publication is for all who're drawn to spirituality, theology and the lifetime of prayer, in addition to scholars of the Philokalia. it's also for clinicians, counselors and psychotherapists, specifically those that desire to discover the connection among mental and religious wellbeing and fitness.
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The tradition of the Desert Fathers 4. The work of Evagrios of Pontus 5. The use of scripture by the authors of the Philokalia To some extent these might be considered as external influences that helped to shape the Philokalia, but to some extent (especially in the case of Evagrios) they are internal to its fabric. They are therefore considered together here, partly as formative external influences and partly as foundational stones upon which the Philokalia was erected. 1. Compilation, Translation and Evolution of the Philokalia The hesychastic tradition, from within which the Philokalia emerged, has a long history.
E. 3 The compilers, Nikodimos of Mount Athos (1749-1809) and Makarios of Corinth (1731-1805) apparently chose their texts with a view to making more widely available that which would be helpful in the spiritual life, drawn from the hesychastic tradition. This tradition, broadly understood, seeks to find an inner stillness of the soul – away from the distractions of thoughts and desires – within which contemplation of God might be undertaken and, eventually, union with God found. In other words, it is a tradition of Christian prayer which emphasises attention to the inner life, the life of thoughts, with a view to the purpose of contemplating God himself.
37 The Philokalia was later translated into Romanian by Father Dumitru Stăniloae (1903-1993), and published between 1946 and 1991 in twelve volumes under the title Filocalia sau culegere din scrierile sfintsilor Parintsi. 38 Stăniloae was born and lived his whole life in Romania but received theological education in Athens and Munich. 39 Stăniloae had a particular interest in the works of Gregory Palamas. Along with many other clergy, he was imprisoned from 1958 to 1963 by the communist authorities as a political criminal.