The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian : Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian /

Isaac the Syrian, also called Isaac of Nineveh, lived and wrote during "the golden age of Syriac Christian literature" in the seventh century. Cut off by language and politics from the Churches of the Roman Empire and branded "Nestorian," the Church of the East produced in isolat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ilarion, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, 1966- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Kallistos, Bishop of Diokleia, 1934- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Colección:Cistercian studies series ; no. 175.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Isaac, > Bishop of Nineveh, > active 7th century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Forward / Bishop Kallistos (Ware)
  • Introduction. Isaac of Nineveh as a spiritual writer of the Church of the East
  • I. God, the universe and humankind
  • II. The way of a solitary
  • III. Trials on the way to God
  • IV. Humility
  • V. Tears
  • VI. The school of prayer
  • VII. The life in God
  • VIII. The life of the age to come
  • Conclusion : the enduring influence of Saint Isaac.

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