Teachings on the Prayer of the Heart in the Greek and Syrian Fathers The Significance of Body and Community

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...

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1. Verfasser:
Gather, Jill
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Piscataway, NJ Gorgias Press [2014]
Zusammenfassung:
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
Umfang:
1 online resource (303 p.)
Schriftenreihe:
Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics
ISBN:
9781463236281
DOI:
10.31826/9781463236281
Schlagworte:
RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts
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