Mystical process in Isaac the Syrian: tears, penthos, and the physiology of dispassion
Tears is understood in the ascetic tradition of Eastern Christianity as a prolonged process of spiritual development motivated by compunction (penthos). One of its dominant behavioral expressions is weeping. The experience and theology of tears are reviewed in the first part of this essay. Evagrius’...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2016]
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Studies in spirituality
Year: 2016, Volume: 26, Pages: 59-104 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KDF Orthodox Church |
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Isaac, Bp of Nineveh, 7th cent
B Eschatology Christianity B Peer reviewed B Diadochus, Bp of Photike, 5th cent B Cassian, John, ca 360-ca 435 B Greek Language Terms Penthos B Crying B Evagrius, Ponticus, 345?-399 B Emotions B Mark, the Hermit, d ca 430 B Mysticism 0600-1500 B Tears |
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