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Nov 22
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Saint Symeon the New Theologian - The Di...

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Paulist Press 1980

The Classics of Western Spirituality Translated By: C.J. deCatanzaro

CHAPTERS:

1. OF CHARITY

2. TO CHRIST THROUGH THE BEATITUDES

3. FAITHFULNESS TO MONASTIC VOWS

4. ON TEARS OF PENITENCE

5. ON PENITENCE

6. THE EXAMPLE AND SPIRIT OF SYMEON THE PIOUS

7. ON ATTACHMENT TO ONE'S KIN

8. ON PERFECT LOVE, AND WHAT IT IS IN ACTION

9. ON WORKS OF MERCY

10. PERFECT HOLINESS

11. ON FASTING

12. OF ABSTINENCE AND ENDURANCE

13. OF CHRIST'S RESURRECTION

14. ON PENITENCE AND THE BEGINNING OF THE MONASTIC LIFE

15. THE LIGHT OF GOD

16. ECSTASY IN THE LIGHT

17. OF CONTEMPLATION REVELATION AND THE PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION

18. ON WORTHY AND UNWORTHY SUPERIORS

19. SYMEON’S SPIRITUAL CONCERN

20. THE IDEAL SPIRITUAL GUIDE

21. ON THE REMEMBRANCE OF DEATH

22. ON FAITH

23. ON PENITENCE AND THE FEAR OF GOD

24. ON SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE

25. THE INTERACTION OF BODY AND SOUL

26. THE DAY OF THE MONK

27. THE LEAST OF THE COMMANDMENTS

28. DISCERNMENT, LIGHT, AND PRIESTHOOD

29. THE HERESY OF PUSILLANIMITY

30. ON PENITENCE

31. SELF-EXAMINATION ON THE BEAUTITUDES

32. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT

33. ON PARTAKING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

34. SYMEON'S APOLOGIA

35. THE MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE OF GRACE IN THE FORM OF THANKSGIVING

36. IN THE FORM OF A THANKSGIVING - THE THRESHOLD OF TOTAL ILLUMINATION

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