Patimile, privite in lumina Sfintilor Parinti
Passions regarded from the Perspective of Philokalia of the Holy Fathers

Summary/Abstract: To sum up, we will argue that, by analyzing “passions” from the thinking perspective of the Holy Fathers, we may notice that the human spirit, before the sin, was in perfect harmony with divinity, while after the fall, it is, it enters contradiction with divinity. The Holy Fathers have reached the conclusion that passions do not belong to the human spirit from the time of the creation, but that they have occurred in our human spirit by falling. They are merely symbolized by the “skin clothes” used by Adam to dress, after having fallen into sin (Creation 2, 21). And if we are to discuss the therapy of passions, we must be extremely careful, even from the beginning, and bear in mind several assumptions. First of all, related to the psychosomatical status of human nature, and afterwards, to the aspects of spiritual life.

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