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Teachings on the Prayer of the Heart in the Greek and Syrian Fathers Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics 47 In this series Gorgias publishes monographs on Christianity and the Church Fathers in the early centuries of the Christian era. Gorgias particularly welcomes proposals from younger scholars whose dissertations have made an important contribution to the field of patristics. Teachings on the Prayer of the Heart in the Greek and Syrian Fathers The Significance of Body and Community Jill Gather 9 34 2014 Gorgias Press LLC, 954 River Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA www.gorgiaspress.com Copyright © 2 0 1 4 by Gorgias Press LLC All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise without the prior written permission of Gorgias Press LLC. 2014 ܘ 9 ISBN 978-1-4632-0383-2 ISSN 1935-6870 Reprinted from the 2010 Gorgias Press edition. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A Cataloging-in-Publication record is available from the Library of Congress. Printed in the United States of America TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents.....................................................................................v Abbreviations..........................................................................................vii Primary Sources.............................................................................vii General and Secondary Sources...................................................ix Introduction..............................................................................................1 The Doctrine of the Prayer of the Heart...................................13 Historiographical Considerations...............................................25 1 The Prayer of the Heart: Its Biblical Origins............................45 The Old Testament.......................................................................45 The New Testament.....................................................................54 2 The Prayer of the Heart: Its Syrian Christian Background.....61 Aphrahat.........................................................................................61 Ephrem the Syrian.........................................................................79 Macarius........................................................................................100 3 The Prayer of the Heart: Its Greek Christian Background...125 Origen of Alexandria..................................................................125 Evagrius of Pontus......................................................................160 4 The Early Byzantine Synthesis..................................................181 Dionysius the Areopagite...........................................................181 Maximus the Confessor..............................................................206 5 Retrospective and Prospective..................................................231 The Desert Tradition..................................................................231 The Medieval Hesychasts...........................................................240 Conclusion.............................................................................................253 v vi PRAYER OF THE HEART Bibliography..........................................................................................269 Primary Sources...........................................................................269 Secondary Sources.......................................................................274 Index.......................................................................................................289 ABBREVIATIONS PRIMARY SOURCES Anonymous LG Book of Steps (Liber Graduum) Aphrahat Dem Demonstrations Ephrem the Syrian Church Hymns on the Church Epiphany Hymns on the Epiphany Faith Hymns on Faith Heresies Hymns against Heresies Nativity Hymns on the Nativity Paradise Hymns on Paradise Virginity Hymns on Virginity Martyrius BP Book of Perfection II Isaac of Nineveh Disc Discourses (part II) Hom Ascetical Homilies Macarius EM Great Letter (Epistola Magna) Hom Spiritual Homilies Origen of Alexandria CCels Against Celsus (Contra Celsum) ComCt Commentary on the Canticle of Canticles ComMt Commentary on Matthew vii viii PRAYER OF THE HEART Fragm1Cor Fragments on 1 Corinthians HomCt Homilies on the Canticle of Canticles HomLc Homilies on Luke HomLev Homilies on Leviticus HomNum Homilies on Numbers PAch On First Principles (Peri Archon) PEuch On Prayer (Peri Euches) Evagrius of Pontus Disc On Discrimination EM Great Letter (Epistola Magna) Ep Letters (Epistulae) Eul To Eulogios GC Gnostic Chapters Monachos To the Monks (Ad Monachos) Prak Praktikos Prayer On Prayer Schol Prov Scholia on Proverbs Thoughts On Thoughts Dionysius the Areopagite CH Celestial Hierarchy DN Divine Names EH Ecclesiastical Hierarchy Ep Letters (Epistulae) MT Mystical Theology Maximus the Confessor Amb Ambigua CC Centuries on Love CT Centuries on Theology and the Incarnate Dispensation of the Son of God Ep Letters (Epistulae) Myst Mystagogy (Mystagogia) VT Various Texts on Theology, the Divine Economy, and Virtue and Vice Symeon the New Theologian Disc Discourses Hymns Hymns of Divine Love ABBREVIATIONS ix PT One Hundred and Fifty-Three Practical and Theological Texts Gregory of Sinai CD On Commandments and Doctrines Watchfulness Beginning of Watchfulness Gregory Palamas Tr Triads John Climacus Ladder Ladder of Divine Ascent Hesychius of Sinai Watchfulness On Watchfulness and Holiness Dorotheus of Gaza Disc Discourses and Sayings GENERAL AND SECONDARY SOURCES ACW Ancient Christian Writers CWS Classics of Western Spirituality CSCO Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium EEC Encyclopedia of the Early Church FOTC Fathers of the Church LCL Loeb Classical Library NPNF Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers OCP Orientalia Christiana Periodica RAC Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum SC Sources Chrétiennes SM Studia Monastica SP Studia Patristica TDNT Theological Dictionary of the New Testament TDOT Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament VCSS Variorum Collected Studies Series
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