Counsels on the Spiritual Life #37

Publication Data: Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2009
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 339
Dimensions (l × w × h): 18.4 cm × 12.7 cm × 2.3 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 978‒0‒88141‒063‒1

   
Mark the Monk
Volume 1 Translated, with Notes and Introduction, by Tim Vivian
Volume 2 Translated, with Notes and Introduction, by Tim Vivian and Augustine Casiday
Foreword by the Rt Rev Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury

Number 37 of Popular Patristics Series

“The brief works here translated are the only known legacy of St Mark the Monk. Mark is known to the modern reader, if he is known at all, as the author of three works found in St Nikodimos the Hagiorite’s Philokalia: ‘Letter to the Monk Nicholas,’ ‘On the Spiritual Law’ and ‘On Those Who Think They are Justified by Their Works.’ But Mark is traditionally ascribed a total of eleven writings and it is unfortunately the case that only a relatively small number of scholars are familiar with his corpus as a whole. This situation is regrettable, because Mark’s writings are valuable for their spiritual counsels no less than for their theological insight and historical interest. The aim of this translation is therefore to make Mark’s complete works accessible in English.”
—“General Introduction”

CONTENTS

   Acknowledgments
   Foreword, by the Rt Rev Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
   General Introduction
VOLUME ONE
   1 A Letter to Nicholas
      Introduction
      Translation
   2 Nicholas’ Response to Mark
      Introduction
      Translation
   3 On the Spiritual Law
      Introduction to Chapters Three and Four
      Translation
   4 Concerning Those Who Imagine That They Are Justified by Works
      Translation
   5 On Repentance
      Introduction
      Translation
   6 Concerning Fasting
      Introduction
      Translation
   7 The Mind’s Advice to its Own Soul
      Introduction
      Translation
   Bibliography
VOLUME TWO
   1 On Melchizedek
      Introduction
      Translation
   2 A Monastic Superior’s Disputation with an Attorney and Discussion with His Fellow Monks
      Introduction
      Translation
   3 On the Incarnation: A Doctrinal Treatise Addressed to Those Who Say That the Holy Flesh Was Not United with the Word by Rather Partially Clothed It, Like a Coat. Because of This, They Say, the Person Wearing the Garment Was Different from the Garment Being Worn
      Introduction
      Translation
   4 Concerning Holy Baptism
      Introduction
      Translation
   APPENDIX
      Jerome the Greek, “Works Useful to Every Christian”
      Introduction
      Translation
   Bibliography