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2020 Association of Catholic Publishers first place award in spirituality
Thomas Merton's sessions with the young monks at the Abbey of Gethsemani showcase Merton's brilliant ability to survey the key figures and synthesize their writings, inspiring his listeners and readers with what it means for the spiritual life. Like its companion volume, A Course in Christian Mysticism, this book is a collection of fifteen lectures that get to the heart of Merton's belief that monastic wisdom and spirituality are applicable for everyone. This compact volume allows anyone to learn from one of the twentieth century's greatest Catholic spiritual teachers. The study materials at the back of the book, including additional primary source readings and thoughtful questions for reflection and discussion, make this an essential text for any student of Christian desert spirituality.
Contents
Contents
Foreword
Paul Quenon, OCSO
Editor's Prologue
Preface
Lecture 1: Early Christian Spirituality (First and Second Centuries)
Spirituality in the Age of the Martyrs • The Ideal of Virgins and Ascetes
Lecture 2: Aberrations in the Early Centuries
Hatred of the Flesh • Montanism • Neoplatonism • Gnosticism
Lecture 3: The Christian Teachers of Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria • Origen
Lecture 4: St. Anthony of the Desert
Enter St. Anthony • The Doctrine of Anthony • The Later Life of Anthony
Lecture 5: St. Pachomius and the Cenobites
Cenobites vs. Hermits • St. Pachomius's Life Briefly • The Rule of Pachomius
Lecture 6: St. Basil of Caesarea
His Life Briefly • The Writings of St. Basil • Basilian Cenobitism
Lecture 7: Other Cappadocian Fathers: The Two Gregories
St. Gregory Nazianzen • St. Gregory of Nyssa • Gregory of Nyssa's Writings
Lecture 8: Palestinian Monasticism and St. Jerome
St. Jerome • Other Controversies in the Life of Jerome • Jerome's Monastic Doctrine
Lecture 9: The Community of St. Melania
St. Melania • St. Melania the Younger • Roman Monasticism in Palestine • Her Monastic Life in the East
Lecture 10: Monasticism in Mesopotamia and Syria
The Stylites • Hermits of Nitria and Scete • Characteristics of Desert Spirituality
Lecture 11: St. Macarius and Pseudo-Macarius
St. Macarius • Messalianism • Pseudo-Macarius
Lecture 12: Evagrius Ponticus on Prayer
Importance of Evagrius • What Does Evagrius Mean by Prayer? • Degrees of Prayer Summary
Lecture 13: Master of the Spiritual Life: Cassian
Cassian's Error • Cassian's Life and Background • Abbot Pinufius • The Desert of Scete—and Nitria • The Origenist Conflict • Constantinople and Gaul
Lecture 14: The Conferences of Cassian
Conference 1: "On the Purpose and Goal of the Monk" • Conference 2: "On Discretion" • Conference 4: "On the Desire of the Flesh and of the Spirit" by Abbot Daniel • Conferences 9 and 10: "Abbot Isaac on Prayer"
Lecture 15: Philoxenos of Mabbug
Foundations of the Spiritual Life • What Is Simplicity? • Letter to a Converted Jew • Letter to a Novice • Vocation to the Desert • On Fornication
Group Discussion Topics, Questions, and Additional Readings
Editor's Notes
Index
