Biography
The spiritual world of Isaac the Syrian
2000·321 pages
A comprehensive look at Isaac the Syrian's life and spiritual teachings by Kallistos Ware, exploring themes of repentance, prayer, and divine mystery.
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A comprehensive look at Isaac the Syrian's life and spiritual teachings by Kallistos Ware, exploring themes of repentance, prayer, and divine mystery.
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From the Foreword by Kallistos Ware, Bishop of Diokleia— Isaac the Syrian, also called Isaac of Nineveh, lived and wrote during "the golden age of Syriac Christian literature" in the seventh century. Cut off by language and politics from the Churches of the Roman Empire and branded "Nestorian," the Church of the East produced in isolation a rich theological literature which is only now becoming known to outsiders. Yet over the centuries and in all parts of Christendom, Isaac's works have been re...
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