Uczą nie mądrzy, a doskonali. Kryteria i normy dobrego opiekuna duchowego według apoftegmatów Ojców Pustyni
Mentoring is done not by wise but by perfect ones. Criteria norms of a Good spiritual mentor according to the sayings of the Deserts Fathers

Summary/Abstract: Тhe article presents a specification of moral norms and criteria used in spiritual ministry by the Desert Fathers living in the 3rd-4th century AD on the basis of the analysis of stories contained in the Sayings of the Desert Fathers. It has been shown that the moral norms contained in the stories have not lost their significance throughout the thousand-year history of the Eastern Churches and continue to constitute the basic model of spiritual care in the mentor-student relation. In addition, it has been shown that an attempt by some clergy to imitate moral norms can have very negative effects, which were conventionally called “young” or “false mentoring”. Without spiritual perfection, spiritual care is ineffective. The contents contained in the article can help to understand morality as opposed to moralizing.

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