The Illumined Heart: Capture the Vibrant Faith of the Ancient Christians by Frederica Mathewes-Green - 2007-06-01

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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… Read More

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… Read More

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Paperback / softback. New. Early Christians practiced the disciplines of prayer, spiritual direction, fasting, and repentance and believed they were on the path toward an illumined heart. Drawing on early writings, Mathewes-Green offers insight for how 21st-century Christians can incorporate those spiritual practices.