The Philokalia, Volume 3 The Complete Text; Compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain & St. Markarios of Corinth

by Palmer, G.E.H.; Sherrard, Philip; Ware, Kallistos

• ISBN13: 9780571175253
• ISBN10: 0571175252
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-08-25
• Publisher: Faber & Faber

Summary

The Philokaliais a collection of texts written between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, then translated into Slavonic and later into Russian,The Philokaliahas exercised an influence in the recent history of the Orthodox Church far greater than that of any book apart from the Bible. It is concerned with themes of universal importance: how man may develop his inner powers and awake from illusion; how he may overcome fragmentation and achieve spiritual wholeness; how he may attain the life of contemplative stillness and union with God. Compiled by Bishop Kallistos Ware The fourth volume ofThe Philokalia Volumes I through III are also available.

Table of Contents

Introductory Note	11	(2)
Note on Biblical Quotations and References	13	(2)
St Philotheos of Sinai
Introductory Note	15	(1)
Forty Texts on Watchfulness	16	(16)
Ilias the Presbyter
Introductory Note	32	(2)
A Gnomic Anthology
Part I	34	(9)
Part II	43	(4)
Part III	47	(5)
Part IV	52	(14)
Theophanis the Monk
Introductory Note	66	(1)
The Ladder of Divine Graces	67	(3)
St Peter of Damaskos
Introductory Note	70	(4)
A Treasury of Divine Knowledge
Introduction	74	(15)
The Seven Forms of Bodily Discipline	89	(4)
The Seven Commandments	93	(7)
The Four Virtues of the Soul	100	(1)
Active Spiritual Knowledge	101	(2)
The Bodily Virtues as Tools for the Acquisition of the Virtues of the Soul	103	(2)
The Guarding of the Intellect	105	(1)
Obedience and Stillness	106	(2)
The Eight Stages of Contemplation	108	(1)
The First Stages of Contemplation	109	(3)
The Second Stages of Contemplation	112	(2)
The Third Stages of Contemplation	114	(8)
The Fourth Stages of Contemplation	122	(11)
The Fifth Stages of Contemplation	133	(1)
The Sixth Stages of Contemplation	134	(7)
The Seventh Stages of Contemplation	141	(1)
The Eighth Stages of Contemplation	142	(2)
That there are No Contradictions in Holy Scripture	144	(1)
The Classification of Prayer according to the Eight Stages of Contemplation	145	(2)
Humility	147	(1)
Dispassion	147	(3)
A Further Analysis of the Seven Forms of Bodily Discipline	150	(2)
Discrimination	152	(3)
Spiritual Reading	155	(3)
True Discrimination	158	(2)
That we should not Despair even if we Sin Many Times	160	(2)
Short Discourse on the Acquisition of the Virtues and on Abstinence from the Passions	162	(2)
How to Acquire True Faith	164	(3)
That Stillness is of Great Benefit to those Subject to Passion	167	(3)
The Great Benefit of True Repentance	170	(2)
God's Universal and Particular Gifts	172	(1)
How God has done All Things for our Benefit	173	(2)
How God's Speech is not Loose Chatter	175	(2)
How it is Impossible to be Saved without Humility	177	(4)
On Building up the Soul through the Virtues	181	(3)
The Great Value of Love and of Advice given with Humility	184	(4)
That the Frequent Repetition found in Divine Scripture is not Verbosity	188	(3)
Spurious Knowledge	191	(12)
A List of the Virtues	203	(2)
A List of the Passions	205	(2)
The Difference between Thoughts and Provocations	207	(4)
Twenty-Four Discourse
Spiritual Wisdom	211	(2)
The Two Kinds of Faith	213	(3)
The Two Kinds of Fear	216	(2)
True Piety and Self-Control	218	(3)
Patient Endurance	221	(3)
Hope	224	(3)
Detachment	227	(4)
Mortification of the Passions	231	(3)
The Remembrance of Christ's Sufferings	234	(5)
Humility	239	(3)
Discrimination	242	(5)
Contemplation of the Sensible World	247	(3)
Knowledge of the Angelic Orders	250	(1)
Dispassion	251	(2)
Love	253	(2)
Knowledge of God	255	(1)
Moral Judgment	256	(1)
Self-Restraint	257	(1)
Courage	258	(1)
Justice	258	(1)
Peace	259	(1)
Joy	260	(3)
Holy Scripture	263	(5)
Conscious Awareness in the Heart	268	(14)
St Symeon Metaphrastis: Paraphrase of the Homilies of St Makarios of Egypt
Introductory Note	282	(73)
Spiritual Perfection	285	(7)
Prayer	292	(7)
Patient Endurance and Discrimination	299	(13)
The Raising of the Intellect	312	(10)
Love	322	(15)
The Freedom of the Intellect	337	(18)
Glossary	355	(12)
Index
Authors and Sources	367	(2)
Subjects	369