Monastic Discourses Tapa dura - 1992

Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888441118 . Viii, 418 pp. Bibliography; indices. Large octavo. Handsome black cloth with gilt to front cover and spine. Very minior shelf wear. Interior has pencil erasure on first free end paper, otherwise clean and nice. Good copy. In English. Text is in Greek with facing English translation. ; Studies and Texts; Vol. 111; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 418 pages .

Pontifical Inst of Medieval, November 1992. Hardcover. New. Theoleptos (1250-1322), along with St. Gregory of Sinai, was one of the most important witnesses to Orthodox spirituality in the period immediately preceding the watershed era of the Hesychast controversies surrounding St. Gregory Palamas. Though his works are excerpted in the Philokalia (Volume Four of the English edition), this is the first complete edition of his works, with English translation and accompanying Greek text. Addressed to the Princess Eirene-Eulogia Choumnaina and the nuns under her direction, the Discourses consist of homilies on various points of the liturgical year, including Holy Week (here he quotes the heartrendingly beautiful ''I behold Thy bridal chamber, O my Saviour, and I have no wedding garment that I may enter there''), three of the six Sundays of Easter, and Pentecost. Theoleptos' writings are extraordinary in their integration of monastic and liturgical spirituality, and for their uniquely… Leer más

Pontifical Inst of Medieval, November 1992. Hardcover. New. Theoleptos (1250-1322), along with St. Gregory of Sinai, was one of the most important witnesses to Orthodox spirituality in the period immediately preceding the watershed era of the Hesychast controversies surrounding St. Gregory Palamas. Though his works are excerpted in the Philokalia (Volume Four of the English edition), this is the first complete edition of his works, with English translation and accompanying Greek text. Addressed to the Princess Eirene-Eulogia Choumnaina and the nuns under her direction, the Discourses consist of homilies on various points of the liturgical year, including Holy Week (here he quotes the heartrendingly beautiful ''I behold Thy bridal chamber, O my Saviour, and I have no wedding garment that I may enter there''), three of the six Sundays of Easter, and Pentecost. Theoleptos' writings are extraordinary in their integration of monastic and liturgical spirituality, and for their uniquely… Leer más