02141nam a2200181Ia 4500 230822s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97808814117510881411752 eng BX382 .E813 1998 Evdokimov, Paul Ages of the spiritual life / Paul Evdokimov ; original translation by Sister Gertrude ; revised translation by Michael Plekon and Alexis Vinogradov. Crestwood, NY : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1998 vii, 263 p. ; 22 cm. A life in the spirit and the spiritual life -- Atheism -- Faith -- Dimensions of the spiritual life -- The ascetic art and the dangers of ignorance -- Essential elements of the spiritual life -- The nature or essence of the spiritual life -- The different ages of the spiritual life -- Negations of evil and affirmations of good -- Three aspects of evil and the evil one -- Hell and the infernal dimension of the world -- Human suffering -- The message of Pentecost -- The desert fathers -- Interiorized monasticism. The transmission of the witness ; The universal character of monastic spirituality ; The three temptations, the Lord's three answers, and the three monastic vows ; The vow of poverty in the interior monasticism of the laity ; The vow of chastity ; The vow of obedience ; Christian unity and monastic freedom -- The human being -- The asceticism of the spiritual life -- The ascetic effort -- The progression of the spiritual life -- The passions and the technique of temptation -- The evolution of the spiritual life in the East and in the West -- The passage from the Old Testament to the New -- The charisms of the spiritual life. The spirit of discernment, impassibility, silence, vigilance, repentance and humility ; The charism of "joyful dying" ; Prayer -- Lectio divina : reading the Bible -- The universal priesthood of the laity in the Eastern Church tradition -- The mystical ascent. Orthodox Eastern Church Doctrines.Orthodox Eastern Church.Spiritual life Orthodox Eastern Church. Sister GertrudePlekon, Michael Vinogradov, Alexis 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2023-08-23 24.50 0 BX382 .E813 1998 00026678 2023-08-23 00:00:00 2023-08-23 BK 44213 44213