Istoria Filocaliei până în veacul al XVIII-lea și despre cele mai vechi florilegii isihaste în limba română
The History of Philokalia and the Oldest Hesychast Anthologies in Romanian Language
Author(s): Filotheu BălanSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Arhiepiscopia Bucureștilor
Keywords: Philokalia; Saint Gregory the Sinaite; Saint Nilus Sorsky; Saint Vasilius of Poiana Mărului; Saint Paisius Velichkovsky; Dobrotoliubie; Patristics; Christian Monasticism; Hesychasm.
Summary/Abstract: A review of the history of the Philokalia was crucial for understanding the development of its canon and to highlight the most important figures who made possible the appearance of the Greek edition of Venice in 1782 (and the other collection sprinted to date). It was also essential to know the contribution of Saint Paisius Velicicovsky and his koinonia, and their methods of approaching textual criticism at a time when no one in the European world had reached such an understanding of editorial research. The second part of the study contains the contents of two very important Romanian manuscripts, which attest that in1766-1769 a large part of the canon of the Philokalia was already translated into a modern language – Romanian – in the libraries of those concerned with spiritual life in the Romanian Principalities.
Journal: Glasul Bisericii
- Issue Year: 82/2023
- Issue No: 7-9
- Page Range: 59-110
- Page Count: 52
- Language: Romanian
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