“Perhaps it may safely be asserted that the creation of true coenobitical monachism, receptive of both sexes and all classes, was substantially the work of St. Basil. Such features as the common house, the common table, prayer in common, all of which became constant and permanent in Western monasticism, may be considered original with him in the sense that he regulated and systematized these elements. [...]To this day[...]the fundamental concept of Greek and Slavonic monasticism continues to be the conception of St. Basil.” —“Introduction”
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ASCETICAL LIFE AN ASCETICAL DISCOURSE AND EXHORTATION ON THE RENUNCIATION OF THE WORLD AND SPIRITUAL PERFECTION A DISCOURSE ON ASCETICAL DISCIPLINE PREFACE ON THE JUDGMENT OF GOD CONCERNING FAITH HEREWITH BEGINS THE MORALS AN ASCETICAL DISCOURSE AN ASCETICAL DISCOURSE THE LONG RULES CONCERNING BAPTISM HOMILY ON THE WORDS: ‘GIVE HEED TO THYSELF’ HOMILY 10: AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE PRONE TO ANGER HOMILY 11: CONCERNING ENVY HOMILY 20: OF HUMILITY HOMILY 21: ON DETACHMENT FROM WORLDLY GOODS ON MERCY AND JUSTICE INDEX
Item Number: BKCU708 Publication data: Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1962 Format: softcover Number of pages: xii + 525 Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.0 cm × 13.7 cm × 2.7 cm ISBN: 0‒8132‒0966‒8
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