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Ignatius Brianchaninov
The Paterikon (Selected Sayings of the Holy Monks)
Later compilation
The Paterikon (Selected Sayings of the Holy Monks)
Отечник. Избранные изречения святых иноков и повести из жизни их
A collection of sayings and stories of the Egyptian Desert Fathers—Antony, Arsenius, Macarius, Poemen, Moses and many others—arranged alphabetically like the Alphabetical Paterikon, gathered from paterika, lives of saints, the Prologue, the Philokalia and Migne's Patrologia. Its distinctive feature is the comments with which Ignatius explains difficult passages—harsh asceticism towards relatives, feigned madness for humility, visions of demons and angels—to warn that literal imitation of the ancients can lead to delusion or loss of reason, and that what mattered was their humility.
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Authorship note
Compiled and translated by Ignatius, with his own comments; published after his death.
Editions and translations
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Русский
Ignatius Brianchaninov
Отечник
The Conscious LibraryОтечник
San Petersburgo, 1870
Primera edición póstuma.
Ignatius Brianchaninov
Отечник, 3.ª ed. corregida
The Conscious LibraryОтечник, 3.ª ed. corregida
I. L. Túzov, San Petersburgo, 1891
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Other works by Ignatius Brianchaninov
- Ascetic Experiences, vol. I · 1865
- Ascetic Experiences, vol. II · 1865
- On the Prayer of Jesus (a conversation between an elder and his disciple) · 1867
- On Spiritual Delusion (prelest) · 1865
- An Offering to Contemporary Monasticism (The Arena) · 1867
- A Word on Death · 1862
- Supplement to the Word on Death · 1864
- A Word on the Sensory and Spiritual Vision of Spirits · 1863
- A Word on Man · 1862
- A Word on Angels
- Letter to a Clergyman on Why He Called the Human Soul 'Ethereal'
- A Word on Salvation and Christian Perfection · 1863
- On the Various States of Human Nature in Relation to Good and Evil
- Exposition of the Teaching of the Orthodox Church on the Mother of God
- Ascetic Sermons · 1867
- The Lament of a Monk for His Brother Who Has Fallen into Sinful Temptation · 1831
- My Lament
- The Cup of Christ · 1862
- The Garden in Winter
- The Tree in Winter before the Cell Window
- A Rule of Attention to Oneself for Those Living in the World
- The Judgements of God · 1867
- On Monasticism (a dialogue between a layman and a monk) · 1869
- On Miracles and Signs · 1870
- On the End of the World (three teachings) · 1870
- Rules of Outward Conduct for Novice Monks
- On Bearing Sorrows, according to the Holy Fathers
- Preparation for the Sacraments of Confession and Communion · 1883
- In Aid of Penitents
- On Prayer (anthology)
- The Valaam Monastery · 1847
- A Recollection of the Borodino Monastery · 1847
- Lutheranism · 1844
- The Concept of Heresy and Schism
- On the Need for a Council in the Present State of the Russian Church
- Life of the Schemamonk Theodore · 1828
- Reflections on Church Painting · 1847
- Poetic Essays and Literary Writings
- Reports on the State of the St Petersburg Deanery
- Articles on Church and Social Questions
- Address at His Nomination as Bishop of the Caucasus (1857) · 1857
- Letters to Various Persons
- Letters to Antony (Bochkov), Hegumen of Cheremenets · 1875
- Letters to Nikolai Muravyov-Karsky
- Letters to the Elders Leonid and Macarius of Optina
- Letter to the Painter Karl Bryullov
- Letters to Chief Procurator A. P. Tolstoy, Count D. N. Sheremetev and A. S. Norov
- Letters to Monks, Bishops and Abbots
- Correspondence with Friends and Acquaintances; Business Correspondence
- Works of Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov (5 vols) · 1865
- Complete Works and Letters (modern editions) · 2001
Sources
- Azbuka very, «святитель Игнатий (Брянчанинов)»: biografía (familia, Escuela de Ingenieros, noviciado, ermita de San Sergio, episcopado, muerte), legado y catálogo de obras y cartas.
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