Philokalia: The Complete Text Compiled By St Nikodimos Of The Holy
Mountain And St Makarios Of Corinth: Volume 2 By Faber...

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The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth & the fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition First published in Greek in 1782 translated into Slavonic & later into Russian The Philokalia has exercised an influence far greater than that of any book other than the Bible in the recent history of the Orthodox Church It is concerned with themes of universal importance how man may develop his inner powers & awake from illusion; how he may overcome fragmentation & achieve spiritual wholeness; how he may attain the life of contemplative stillness & union with God Only a selection of texts from The Philokalia has been available hitherto in English The present rendering which is a completely new translation is designed to appear in five volumes The first of these was published by Faber & Faber in 1979 The second volume consists mainly of writings from the seventh century in particular by St Maximus the Confessor the greater part of which has never before been translated into English As in the first volume the editors have provided introductory notes to each of the writers a glossary of key terms & a detailed index