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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ilarion, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, 1966- (Author)
Other Authors: Kallistos, Bishop of Diokleia, 1934- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Series:Cistercian studies series ; no. 175.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Isaac, > Bishop of Nineveh, > active 7th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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