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On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, Volume 1

by Symeon the New Theologian

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On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, Volume 1 — Front cover
Front cover
On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, Volume 1 — Back cover
Back cover
On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, Volume 1 — Title page
Title page
On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, Volume 1 — Table of contents
Table of contents
On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, Volume 1 — Table of contents (cont.)
Table of contents (cont.)
On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, Volume 1 — Sample page 1
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On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, Volume 1 — Sample page 3
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The Edition

Translated by
Alexander Golitzin
Series editor
John Behr, Bogdan Bucur

Publication

Series volume
14
Date published
1995
Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Paperback
Total pages
193 pages
ISBN-13
978-0-88141-142-3

Reference

Publisher page
View at publisher

Contents

  • The Ethical Discourses: Date, Type and Content
    • On the Translation
    • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue
  • First Ethical Discourse
    • Introduction
    • Adam and the Creation of the World
    • On Adam’s Transgression and Exile
    • On The Incarnation of the Word
    • Creation Made New
    • The Ultimate Splendor of Creation
    • How the Saints are United to Christ
    • How the World Above Must Be Filled
    • The Fore-Ordained
    • On the Mystical Marriage of God
    • The Saints Conceive in Themselves the Word of God
    • Called to the Wedding Feasts
    • On Searching Out the Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven
  • Second Ethical Discourse
    • Introduction
    • On the Saying “Those Whom He Foreknew, the Same He Also Predestined”
    • All Who Have Been Baptized into Christ are Foreknown and Predestined by God
    • Recapitulation of What was Said in the First Discourse
    • On the Flood and the Contents of the Ark
    • Two Other Worlds
    • A Dramatization of the Nations and of Israel
    • The Church of Christ is a New World, and Faith in Him a New Paradise
  • Third Ethical Discourse
    • Introduction
    • The Ineffable Words Which Paul Heard
  • Tenth Ethical Discourse
    • Introduction
    • On the Fearful Day of the Lord and the Future Judgement
  • Fourteenth Ethical Discourse
    • Introduction
    • On the Feasts and Their Celebration
  • Index of Scriptural References
  • Index