The Illumined Heart: Capture the Vibrant Faith of Ancient Christians
by FREDERICA MATHEWES-GREEN
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Paraclete Press (MA), July 2007. Paper Back. New. Writing from within the Orthodox Christian tradition, Mathewes-Green offers a description of the foundations of the spiritual life with remarkable conversational clarity and concision. Much of this book hinges on a fundamental contrast between modern and ancient Christianity concerning the means and ends of Christian life -- the questions timelessly similar, the answers often radically different -- as refracted through the prism of a representative fourth- century family. This device allows Mathewes-Green to define terms of crucial yet complex spiritual experience -- repentance, the passions, the heart, prayer of the heart -- and others not easily translatable -- theosis, nous, nepsis, prelest -- in terms of the common experiences and struggles of a woman, her husband, and her children in a local church. Here is a primer on the teachings of the ancient Church that can be read in a single sitting, yet returned to repeatedly as a bracing reminder of that to which we are essentially committed if we claim the name Christian. 112 pp.
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Originally published: Brewster, Mass. : Paraclete Press, c2001. Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
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- Eighth Day Books (US)
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- Title
- The Illumined Heart: Capture the Vibrant Faith of Ancient Christians
- Author
- FREDERICA MATHEWES-GREEN
- Format/Binding
- Paper Back
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1557255539
- ISBN 13
- 9781557255532
- Publisher
- Paraclete Press (MA)
- Place of Publication
- Brewster, Mass
- Date Published
- July 2007
- Pages
- 111
- LCCN
- 2007013256
- Keywords
- orthodox, spirituality, jesus prayer, theosis, frederica
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