STILLNESS AS A MEANS TO ATTAIN TO THE GODLY PASSION OF LOVE
STILLNESS AS A MEANS TO ATTAIN TO THE GODLY PASSION OF LOVE
Author(s): Zacharias ZacharouSubject(s): Comparative Studies of Religion, Biblical studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: St. Silouan the Athonite; St. Sophrony (Sakharov); ascetic labor; stillness; hesychia; hesychasm; spiritual perfection; mental prayer; prayer of the heart; divine likeness;
Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the role of mental prayer in achieving the image and likeness of God and renouncing worldly passions, bringing hesychastic theory into conversation with the life and outward conditions of modern man.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Theologia Orthodoxa
- Issue Year: LXVII/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 355-361
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English