„AS IF YOU HAD ALREADY DIED”: THE EXERCISE OF DEATH IN THE EARLY ASCETIC TRADITION Cover Image

„CA ȘI CUM AI FI MURIT DEJA”: EXERCIȚIUL MORȚII ÎN TRADIȚIA ASCETICĂ TIMPURIE
„AS IF YOU HAD ALREADY DIED”: THE EXERCISE OF DEATH IN THE EARLY ASCETIC TRADITION

Author(s): Daniel Lemeni
Subject(s): History of Church(es), Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Mitropolia Banatului
Keywords: asceticism, spiritual exercises; death; Desert Fathers; ascetic tradition;

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores Christian asceticism and spiritual exercises in early ascetic tradition, with particular emphasis on death in the spirituality of the desert. More exactly, the main aim of the article is to highlight the role of the death in the development of Christian asceticism.

  • Issue Year: XXIX/2018
  • Issue No: 10-12
  • Page Range: 61-67
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian