Roots of Christian Mysticism: Texts from Patristic Era with Commentary
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This anthology gathers writings from the early Church Fathers on mystical experience, drawn from selections that are rarely available elsewhere. The author presents their spiritual life as inseparable from Christian doctrine, prayer, the Church and the liturgy, rather than as private feeling or self-directed technique.
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The commentary shows how the Fathers understood the believer's transformation through grace, moral struggle and asceticism, anchored in Christ and the Trinity. A substantial appendix of biographical material on the Fathers accompanies the selections.
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