Ascetic Experiences. In 2 Volumes
19.99 €
The only thing available 1
Ascetic Experiences. In 2 Volumes
19.99 €
Saint Ignatius (Bryanchaninov) (1807-1867) was a great Russian theologian and preacher, Orthodox spiritual writer, canonized in 1988.
"Ascetic Experiments" in 2 parts - an invaluable contribution of the saint to the Orthodox teaching on asceticism - the science of salvation. Long before his canonization, St. Ignatius was revered as a spiritual instructor and teacher. "The writings of His Eminence Ignatius," noted the Venerable Elder Nikon of Optina, "are necessary, they are ... the alphabet of spiritual life." The book was published for the first time in 1865, two years before the blessed death of St. Ignatius, and thus became a kind of spiritual testament to his admirers. The first part of the "Ascetic Experiments" included admonitions on the study of the Gospel and the reading of the holy fathers, on love of neighbor and love of God, on fasting and prayer, reflections on faith and monasticism. This work reveals to the reader the unadulterated experience of the holy prelate, who built his spiritual life on the basis of Holy Scripture and the spiritual Tradition of holy Orthodoxy. St. Ignatius expounds in detail the teachings of the holy fathers on faith, prayer, the Gospel commandments and beatitudes, repentance, humility, struggle with passions, applied to the peculiarities of being and the challenges of the world of the modern reader. The second part of the "Ascetic Experiments", which became a table book for monastics and laymen, includes Words on the fear of God and the love of God, on cell prayer rule and church prayer, on salvation and Christian perfection, meditations on the destinies of God. How exactly the true life according to the Gospel leads to repentance and spiritual renewal, tells this book. And also about the experience of the holy fathers, the laws of spiritual life, which the saint advises with attention to follow everyone who has entered the narrow path, help to acquire a saving knowledge of himself and reveal to man the meaning of the Cross of Christ.
"Ascetic Experiments" in 2 parts - an invaluable contribution of the saint to the Orthodox teaching on asceticism - the science of salvation. Long before his canonization, St. Ignatius was revered as a spiritual instructor and teacher. "The writings of His Eminence Ignatius," noted the Venerable Elder Nikon of Optina, "are necessary, they are ... the alphabet of spiritual life." The book was published for the first time in 1865, two years before the blessed death of St. Ignatius, and thus became a kind of spiritual testament to his admirers. The first part of the "Ascetic Experiments" included admonitions on the study of the Gospel and the reading of the holy fathers, on love of neighbor and love of God, on fasting and prayer, reflections on faith and monasticism. This work reveals to the reader the unadulterated experience of the holy prelate, who built his spiritual life on the basis of Holy Scripture and the spiritual Tradition of holy Orthodoxy. St. Ignatius expounds in detail the teachings of the holy fathers on faith, prayer, the Gospel commandments and beatitudes, repentance, humility, struggle with passions, applied to the peculiarities of being and the challenges of the world of the modern reader. The second part of the "Ascetic Experiments", which became a table book for monastics and laymen, includes Words on the fear of God and the love of God, on cell prayer rule and church prayer, on salvation and Christian perfection, meditations on the destinies of God. How exactly the true life according to the Gospel leads to repentance and spiritual renewal, tells this book. And also about the experience of the holy fathers, the laws of spiritual life, which the saint advises with attention to follow everyone who has entered the narrow path, help to acquire a saving knowledge of himself and reveal to man the meaning of the Cross of Christ.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author