The Philokalia: The Complete Text, Volume II

Publication Data: London, United Kingdom: Faber and Faber, 1990
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 414
Dimensions (l × w × h): 19.8 cm × 12.8 cm × 2.6 cm
ISBN: 0‒571‒15466‒2

   
compiled by St Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and St Makarios of Corinth
translated from the Greek and edited by G. E. H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, Kallistos Ware
with the assistance of The Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Brookline), Constantine Cavarnos, Basil Osborne, Norman Russell

Volume II of The Philokalia: The Complete Text

“Since by God’s grace we have renounced Satan and his works and have sworn allegiance to Christ, both at our baptism and now again through our profession as monks, let us keep His commandments. Not only does our double profession demand this of us, but it is also our natural duty, for since we were originally created by God as ‘very good’ (Gen. 1 : 31), we owe it to God to be such. Although sin entered us through our negligence and introduced into us what is contrary to nature, we have been reclaimed through God’s great mercy, and renewed by the passion of Him who is dispassionate. We have been ‘bought with a price’ (I Cor. 6 : 20), namely by the blood of Christ, and liberated from the ancient ancestral sin. If, then, we become righteous, this is nothing great; but to fall from righteousness is pitiable and deserves condemnation.”
—“A Century of Spiritual Texts”

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTORY NOTE
NOTE ON BIBLICAL QUOTATIONS AND REFERENCES
ST THEODOROS THE GREAT ASCETIC
   Introductory Note
   A Century of Spiritual Texts
   Theoretikon
ST MAXIMOS THE CONFESSOR
   Introductory Note
   Four Hundred Texts on Love
      Foreword to Elpidios the Presbyter
      First Century
      Second Century
      Third Century
      Fourth Century
   Two Hundred Texts on Theology and the Incarnate Dispensation of the Son of God. Written for Thalassios
      First Century
      Second Century
   Various Texts on Theology, the Divine Economy, and Virtue and Vice
      First Century
      Second Century
      Third Century
      Fourth Century
      Fifth Century
   On the Lord’s Prayer
ST THALASSIOS THE LIBYAN
   Introductory Note
   On Love, Self-control, and Life in accordance with the Intellect. Written for Paul the Presbyter
      First Century
      Second Century
      Third Century
      Fourth Century
ST JOHN OF DAMASKOS
   Introductory Note
   On the Virtues and the Vices
A DISCOURSE ON ABBA PHILIMON
   Introductory Note
   Discourse
ST THEOGNOSTOS
   Introductory Note
   On the Practice of the Virtues, Contemplation and the Priesthood
GLOSSARY
APPENDIX
   The Various Texts attributed to St Maximos the Confessor
INDEX
   Persons and Sources
   Subjects