Două practici ale vieții duhovnicești: atenția asupra propriei vieți și starea de priveghere. Importanța lor în viața duhovnicească
Two practices of the spiritual life: attention to one's own life and the state of vigil. Their importance in the spiritual life

Author(s): Alexandru Crețu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Biblical studies, Psychology of Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: wakefulness; vigilance; paying attention; spiritual life; Holy Scripture;
Summary/Abstract: The importance of paying attention to one's life is important because it is meant to keep the believer more and more from remaining in the way of the Lord. In the writings of the New Testament, the phrase „remembering yourself” is used at least eight times, and in three of these places it is used by the Savior Jesus Christ. In the writings of the New Testament, the call to vigilance refers, on the one hand, to the vigilance or wakefulness of the body (to dedicate that time to prayer), and, on the other hand, to the vigilance of the soul, mind, or conscience. to be prepared for the battle with the enemy and always ready to leave this world). This exhortation was used by the Savior in His tenfold speeches, and in the rest of the New Testament writings we find it used at least ten more times. By the exhortations to watch over the body, the Savior did not mean a permanent deprivation of sleep, but the prolongation of the waking state of the body in order to to dedicate that time to prayer.

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