|
Maximus the Confessor (Early Church Fathers)
by Andrew Louth
See all pages
with references to "ascetic struggle".
Excerpt - from Front Matter: "
... for this arrangement is twofold: first, practical, the brief chapters are intended to convey understanding of aspects of the monk's ascetic struggle (or of the Christian faith) in an arresting and assimilable fashion - they are to be read slowly and pondered, ... "
|
|
John Climacus: From the Egyptian Desert to the Sinaite Mountain
by John Chryssavgis
See all pages
with references to "ascetic struggle".
Excerpt - on Page 59: "
... person, whose ultimate aim is to love God.54 This concept will be examined more closely in the chapter on the ascetic struggle. ... "
Key Phrases:
Mark the Monk, Symeon the New Theologian, Isaac the Syrian, Mystic Treatises, Abba Isaiah, John Climacus, hyper physin, quodam causidico, don des larmes, joyful sorrow, spiritual tears, ascetic struggle
(see more)
|
|
The Foundations of Christian Bioethics
by H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.
See all pages
with references to "ascetic struggle".
Excerpt - on Page 98: "
... Kierkegaard reacts against the trans- formation of this secularized Christianity through a dialectic of doubt rather than an ascetic struggle. Within a post-Enlightenment society in which the miracles of Christ are no longer believable, he articulates his plea for faith ... "
|
|
Tradition and Theology in St John Cassian (Oxford Early Christian Studies)
by A. M. C. Casiday
See all pages
with references to "ascetic struggle".
Excerpt - on Page 46: "
... People like Cassian are hard to classify satisfactorily according to such a scheme: they appear to insist on ascetic struggle, whilst acknowledging the need for 94 e.g. Stewart (1998): 25. ... "
Key Phrases:
Cassian's Christology, Holy Spirit, Sicilian Anonymous, Desert Fathers, Provençal Masters, Cassian's Incarnation, leg diu, lib emend, lib fid, homo assumptus, ascetic struggle, monastic works
(see more)
|
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||