Five Models of Spiritual Direction in the Early Church

Name: Five Models of Spiritual Direction in the Early Church
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ISBN: 9780268025908

ISBN-10: 0268025908

ISBN-13: 9780268025908

Edition: 2007

Authors: George E. Demacopoulos

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In late antiquity the rising number of ascetics who joined the priesthood faced a pastoral dilemma. Should they follow a traditional, demonstrably administrative, approach to pastoral care, emphasizing doctrinal instruction, the care of the poor, and the celebration of the sacraments? Or should they bring to the parish the ascetic models of spiritual direction, characterized by a more personal spiritual father/spiritual disciple relationship? Five Models of Spiritual Direction in the Early Church explores the struggles of five clerics (Athanasius, Gregory Naziansen, Augustine of Hippo, John Cassian, and Pope Gregory I) to reconcile their ascetic idealism with the reality of pastoral…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date: 11/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 286
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English




Athanasius of Alexandria and ambivalence regarding spiritual direction



Gregory Nazianzen's struggle for synthesis



Augustine of Hippo and resistance to the ascetic model of spiritual direction



John Cassian and the spiritual direction of the ascetic community



Pope Gregory I and the asceticizing of spiritual direction