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Wellington, James Frederick

 
9783034317894: Christe Eleison!: The Invocation of Christ in Eastern Monastic Psalmody c. 350-450
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ISBN 10 : 3034317891 ISBN 13 : 9783034317894
Editeur : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2014

Synopsis

For centuries the Jesus Prayer has been leading Orthodox Christians beyond the language of liturgy and the representations of iconography into the wordless, imageless stillness of the mystery of God. In more recent years it has been helping a growing number of Western Christians to find a deeper relationship with God through the continual rhythmic repetition of a short prayer which, by general agreement, first emerged from the desert spirituality of early monasticism. In this study James Wellington explores the understanding and practice of the psalmody which underpinned this spirituality. By means of an investigation of the importance of psalmody in desert monasticism, an exploration of the influence of Evagrius of Pontus and a thorough examination of selected psalm-commentaries in circulation in the East at this time, he reveals a monastic culture which was particularly conducive to the emergence of a Christ-centred invocatory prayer.

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À propos de l'auteur

James F. Wellington is a Church of England parish priest. He has been awarded a doctorate through the Archbishop's Examination in Theology for the thesis on which this book is based. He also holds an M.Phil. from Nottingham University for Qui Imperatori Ecclesia ? , a study of Christian understandings of the State in the fourth century, and an M.A. from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He has presented papers at the Third and Fourth British Patristic Conferences, and is a member of the International Association of Patristic Studies.

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Éditeur
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3034317891
ISBN 13 
9783034317894
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
249
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