Gândirea pragmatică a Părintelui Arsenie Boca asupra trăirii deficiente a monahismului, reflectată în „Practica vieții monahală”
The Pragmatic Thinking of Father Arsenie Boca upon a failed monastic Life, reflected in the „Practice of Monastic Life”

Summary/Abstract: Through his monastic experience, Father Arsenie Boca reached a spiritual state that gave him the gift of seeing in depth the shortcomings of the contemporary monastic life. Therefore, in the work „Monastic life practice” he approaches profound issues of the monastic life, with an astonishing pragmatic thinking. Even if he talks about situations that can be difficult to accept, especially when the „official” position is to avoid discussing these delicate problems of the Romanian monastic life, Father Arsenie follows the path shown by the Fathers of the Church, underlining the difference between the Philokalical perspective and the worldly mindset, present even among monks. His work is relevant even today, not only for unmasking the monastic problems, but especially for the profound spiritual solutions offered for solving them. His teachings contained in this volume have a special authority, not only because they were dedicated exclusively to the monks, in a very straightforward manner, but also because the indication of obvious shortcomings, together with their solution, illustrates the complexity of the spiritual life.

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