{"product_id":"nil-sorsky-the-authentic-writings-221-cistercian-studies-series-221-9780879073213","title":"Nil Sorsky The Authentic Writings 221 Cistercian Studies Series 221","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Authentic Writings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[A]n exemplary edition and translation.The Catholic Historical Review\u003cbr\u003eSorsky’s natural gifts as a teacher and writer in this profound primary reference highly recommended especially for college library collections and Russian religious history shelves.Midwest Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuthor’s Preface   xi\u003cbr\u003e Table of Bibliographic Abbreviations   xvii\u003cbr\u003e Transliteration from Cyrillic Letters   xx\u003cbr\u003e Technical Abbreviations in the Footnotes   xxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Toward a Study of Nil Sorsky\u003cbr\u003e     \u003c\/b\u003eI. The Little We Know 3 Omega as Alpha   3\u003cbr\u003e           The Shadows of the Kremlin   4\u003cbr\u003e           The Northern Beacon   8\u003cbr\u003e           The Holy Mount    13\u003cbr\u003e           The Quiet Kelliot   18\u003cbr\u003e           A Busy ‘Abode of Stillness’   20\u003cbr\u003e           Publish Lest They Peris  h 23\u003cbr\u003e           Four and Twenty Saints Lives   24\u003cbr\u003e           The Church at Large   30\u003cbr\u003e     II. A Tentative Top Ten   33\u003cbr\u003e           The Maybe Mentor   33\u003cbr\u003e           The Congenital Connection    36\u003cbr\u003e           The Compatible Companion   37\u003cbr\u003e           The Best of the Bookmen   39\u003cbr\u003e           The Loose Cannon   42\u003cbr\u003e           The Man in the Middle   44\u003cbr\u003e           The Ardent Ascetic   46 \u003cbr\u003e           The Unexpected Bedfellow    48\u003cbr\u003e           The Colonizing Coenobite   55\u003cbr\u003e           Once a Boyar . . .   58\u003cbr\u003e     III. The Written Legacy   62\u003cbr\u003e           Texts and Structures   62\u003cbr\u003e           Centrality of Sources   68\u003cbr\u003e           The Acolyte as Adapter   80\u003cbr\u003e           Literary Devices   83\u003cbr\u003e           Technical Terms   86\u003cbr\u003e           A Bit on Nil’s Hesychasm   95\u003cbr\u003e           Further on Nil’s Non-Possession   97\u003cbr\u003e           Nil’s Nil in a Nutshell   100\u003cbr\u003e     Epilogue: Win Some, Lose Some   101\u003cbr\u003e           Love’s Labors Lost?   101\u003cbr\u003e           Making It   102\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the Translations   105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Nil Sorsky’s Original Texts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    The \u003ci\u003ePredanie  \u003c\/i\u003e 113\u003cbr\u003e    The\u003ci\u003e Ustav\u003c\/i\u003e    124\u003cbr\u003e           Exposition of the Chapters   125\u003cbr\u003e           Foreword   126\u003cbr\u003e           1. On the Differences of the Mental Campaigns   131\u003cbr\u003e           2. On Our Combat . . . Prayer and Stillness   137\u003cbr\u003e           3. On How to Fortify Oneself   154\u003cbr\u003e           4. On Control of Every Activity   158\u003cbr\u003e           5. On the . . . Eight Principle . . . Urges   162\u003cbr\u003e               1. \u003ci\u003eOn Gluttony\u003c\/i\u003e   163\u003cbr\u003e               2. \u003ci\u003eOn Fornication\u003c\/i\u003e   167\u003cbr\u003e               3. \u003ci\u003eOn Avarice\u003c\/i\u003e   172\u003cbr\u003e               4. \u003ci\u003eOn Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e   173\u003cbr\u003e               5. \u003ci\u003eOn Sadness\u003c\/i\u003e   175\u003cbr\u003e               6. \u003ci\u003eOn Despondency\u003c\/i\u003e   177\u003cbr\u003e               7. \u003ci\u003eOn Vainglory\u003c\/i\u003e   182\u003cbr\u003e               8. \u003ci\u003eOn Pride\u003c\/i\u003e   184 \u003cbr\u003e           6. In General, Against All Urges   189\u003cbr\u003e           7. On Remembrance of Death   191\u003cbr\u003e           8. On Tears   202\u003cbr\u003e           9. On the Guarding of These Things   210\u003cbr\u003e         10. On Detachment and True Carefreeness   213\u003cbr\u003e         11. On Appropriate Measures   219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Three Epistles   229\u003cbr\u003e            To Vassian Patrikeev   231\u003cbr\u003e            To Gurii Tushin   238\u003cbr\u003e            To German Podol’nyi   245\u003cbr\u003e            A Little Epistle   250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The \u003ci\u003eSobornik\u003c\/i\u003e Apologiai   251\u003cbr\u003e            Foreword   251\u003cbr\u003e            Postscript   253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Testament   255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendices\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendix I. The Nil Polev \/ Nil Sorsky Codex   \u003c\/i\u003e259\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix II. The Predanie Addenda   \u003c\/i\u003e270\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix III. The Zave˚t of Innokentii Okhliabinin   \u003c\/i\u003e273\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix IV. Index of Biblical Citations\u003c\/i\u003e   277\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e   281\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index   \u003c\/i\u003e324","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768337465687,"sku":"9780879073213","price":35.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780879073213.jpg?v=1758717399","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nil-sorsky-the-authentic-writings-221-cistercian-studies-series-221-9780879073213","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}