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Teachings on the Prayer of the Heart in the Greek and Syrian Fathers : The Significance of Body and Community / Jill Gather.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and PatristicsPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (303 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781463203832
  • 9781463236281
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 248.34 23
LOC classification:
  • BV5091.C7 .G384 2014
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE PRAYER OF THE HEART: ITS BIBLICAL ORIGINS -- 2. THE PRAYER OF THE HEART: ITS SYRIAN CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND -- 3. THE PRAYER OF THE HEART: ITS GREEK CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND -- 4. THE EARLY BYZANTINE SYNTHESIS -- 5. RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: The prayer of the heart is an early Christian contemplative tradition of striking profundity and beauty. Christian authors of the Greek- as well as the Syriac-speaking world placed the heart at the center of a mystical theology that viewed the body as a God-given instrument of divine ascent and the relational setting of Christian existence as an important means of experiencing God’s abiding inner presence. This work sheds light on the Syrian church’s approach to the mystery of the divine encounter.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781463236281

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE PRAYER OF THE HEART: ITS BIBLICAL ORIGINS -- 2. THE PRAYER OF THE HEART: ITS SYRIAN CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND -- 3. THE PRAYER OF THE HEART: ITS GREEK CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND -- 4. THE EARLY BYZANTINE SYNTHESIS -- 5. RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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The prayer of the heart is an early Christian contemplative tradition of striking profundity and beauty. Christian authors of the Greek- as well as the Syriac-speaking world placed the heart at the center of a mystical theology that viewed the body as a God-given instrument of divine ascent and the relational setting of Christian existence as an important means of experiencing God’s abiding inner presence. This work sheds light on the Syrian church’s approach to the mystery of the divine encounter.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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