The Praktikos & Chapters On Prayer Evagrius Ponticus

Name: The Praktikos & Chapters On Prayer By Evagrius Ponticus
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The Praktikos & Chapters On Prayer by Evagrius Ponticus

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SeriesCistercian Studies Series

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The Praktikos & Chapters On Prayer

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The Praktikos & Chapters On Prayer by Evagrius Ponticus

The living link through whom the ascetic principles of hellenistic philosophers passed into monasticism, Evagrius molded christian asceticism through his own works and through his influence on John Cassian, Climacus, Pseudo 'Denis, and Saint Benedict.

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Evagrius received the desert traditionabout prayer that had been developed over several generations before him. But he was the first to organize it into a coherent system.Coptic Church Review

About Evagrius Ponticus

John Eudes Bamberger entered Gethsemani Abbey in 1950, having earned an MD from the University of Cincinnati the previous year and done his internship at Georgetown University Hospital. A student of Thomas Merton from 1952-1955, he worked with Merton, after his ordination in 1956, in screening applicants to the abbey. He served as abbot of the Abbey of the Genesee, in New York state, from 1971 until 2001. Since returning from a term as superior in the Philippines, he lives in a hermitage at Genesee.

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GOR005279383

ISBN 13

9780879079048

ISBN 10

0879079045

Title

The Praktikos & Chapters On Prayer by Evagrius Ponticus

Author

Evagrius Ponticus

Series

Cistercian Studies Series

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Liturgical Press

Year published

1972-11-01

Number of pages

192

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