Spiritual Direction in the Early Christian East

Name: Spiritual Direction in the Early Christian East
Author: Irénée Hausherr; Introduction by Bishop Kallistos [Ware] of Diokleia; Translated by Anthony P. Gythiel

Irénée Hausherr; Introduction by Bishop Kallistos [Ware] of Diokleia; Translated by Anthony P. Gythiel

ISBN: 9780879075163, CS116

Details: 472 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Publication Date: 05/01/1990

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In a day when psychological counseling sometimes passes as `spiritual direction', this book reminds us that early Christians--like Eastern Christians still today--were convinced that only someone with long and deep experience in prayer and discipline can dare to lead others along the way to God.

ISBN: 9780879075163, CS116

Details: 472 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Publication Date: 05/01/1990

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Among the extensive literature dealing with spiritual direction that appears every year, this is, to our knowledge, the only comprehensive study of the subject from its source-early Christian monasticism.

Coptic Church Review

. . . The basic study on spiritual fatherhood.

Bishop Kallistos Ware