The Book of Mystical Chapters: Meditations on the Soul's Ascent, from the Desert Fathers and Other Early Christian Contemplatives, Paperback - John An

Reducere. The early Christian monks of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine were the spiritual heroes of their age--fleeing the security of civilization for the deser...

The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. In contrast to the formalized ...

Reducere. Gregory Mayers presents this ancient thought and lifestyle by introducing traditional Wisdom Stories in which characters, actions, and sayings addr...

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Reducere. Mystical Meditations on the Collects is a collection of esoteric explanations of the prayers in the Anglican Church Book of Prayers. These prayers ...

Reducere. Timeless and contemplative sayings from the earliest Christian sages of desert spirituality can be a companion on your own spiritual journey.The de...

Reducere. The wisdom of the desert fathers and mothers lies in their experiences of solitude, prayer, community life, work, and care for their neighbors. The...

Reducere. In the fourth century, thousands of men and women fled into the Egyptian desert seeking to recapture the passion of the earliest Christians through...

Reducere. "Seek for meetings with holy men and women." These words from fifth-century bishop Palladius ring as true today as they did 1600 years ago. Palladi...

The life and wisdom of the desert fathers and mothers is not only retained in historical volumes, but has been a constant presence throughout the d...

Reducere. "As he was dying, Abba Benjamin taught his sons this: Do this, and you'll be saved: Rejoice always, pray constantly, and in all circumstances give ...

Reducere. The Tales and Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum) are a key source of evidence for the practice and theory respectively of eremiti...

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Reducere. An accessible introduction exploring how the earliest Christian monks lived and taught in the Egyptian deserts in the fourth to the seventh centuri...

Reducere. The Patristic Understanding of Creation encapsulates what the Church Fathers had to say, in their own words, on the topic of creation. Going back t...

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The goal of Christianity is that all of us become spiritualized, even divinized by our spiritual efforts through the blessings of the Holy Spirit. ...

The Book of Psalms holds a special place in the affections of believers. However distressing or unusual our experiences, whatever our depths of tem...

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Reducere. The 112 Meditations from the Book of Divine Wisdom is a translation of the meditations from the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, a revered 8th century text...

This book highlights the problem of one dimensional, reductionistic life of the modern individual. An expression of crisis in our world, it discuss...

Reducere. Written in the course of his conversion to Catholicism, Newman's "Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine" ranks among the most decisive bre...

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The early church fathers have always had a special place in Christian theology. As the first interpreters of the gospel, readers today often find i...

Reducere. 'Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer ascetics were remembered and in the fourth century w...

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The second of a three-volume set translating St Symeon's "The Ethical Discourses" into English. The text asserts that "Apatheia", or "dispassion", ...

Reducere. The Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks of early history had deep insight into the nature and aspirations of humankind. Drawing on their experie...

Reducere. This book opens a new door to the Gospel of John and discovers a treasure-house of psychological wisdom. The Fourth Gospel is the most mystic of al...

In the late third century, more and more people withdrew to the radical seclusion of the desert so as to live entirely for God under the direction ...

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Reducere. Eyewitness accounts of the lives and teachings of the fourth-century Desert Fathers from the Historia monachorum in Aegypto.

Sherlock Holmes and his friend, Dr. John Watson, are no strangers to danger-but a visitor's claim that they are to be the targets of an assassin is...

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Reducere. DescriptionSynopsis: The Mystical Presence (1846), John Williamson Nevin's magnum opus, was an attempt to combat the sectarianism and subjectivism ...

Reducere. DescriptionSaint John of the Cross is considered by many as the greatest Spiritual Doctor of the Catholic Church. This high honor elevates his spir...

Reducere. One of the great early Christian writings of the second century, "The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching" is a book all true believers can gl...

Reducere. The Society of St John the Evangelist, otherwise known as the Cowley Fathers, was the first men's religious order to be founded in the Church of En...

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Reducere. By the fourth century A.D., devout Christians--men and women alike--had begun to retreat from cities and villages to the deserts of North Africa an...

Reducere. The Beatitudes of Peace: Meditations on the Beatitudes, Peacemaking & the Spiritual Life, Paperback

Reducere. Newman's Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine is one of the most ground-breaking and influential theological works since the Reformation....

Reducere. This thorough, well-sourced history of the early Christian church follows its origins in the Apostolic Age, through its growth during and after the...

DescriptionWho was Priscilla? Readers of the Bible may know her as the wife of Aquila, Paul's coworker, or someone who explained baptism to Apollos...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Carlos SapochnikIllustration(s): 1 Halftones, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of ...

Offers commentary and an illustrated history of the representations of people of African descent ranging from the ancient images of Pharaohs create...