Theophan the Recluse
The Philokalia (Dobrotolubie) in Russian translation, enlarged, 5 vols
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The Philokalia (Dobrotolubie) in Russian translation, enlarged, 5 vols
Добротолюбие в русском переводе, дополненное
A Russian version, in five volumes (some 3,143 pages), of the great anthology of ascetic and mystical texts by Fathers of the fourth to fifteenth centuries on watchfulness, pure prayer and the Jesus Prayer, compiled by Nicodemus the Hagiorite and Macarius of Corinth (Venice, 1782) and put into Slavonic by Paisius Velichkovsky (1793). Theophan does not simply translate: he abridges many texts and adds others absent from the original—such as the teachings of Dorotheus of Gaza, in volume II—to give the Russian reader, monk or layperson, a complete manual of inner warfare. The first volume appeared in 1877, published by the Russian monastery of St Panteleimon on Athos; the work went through several editions and was for a century the Russians' Philokalia.
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Authorship note
A translation-paraphrase. Bishop Veniamin (Milov) observed in 1922 that Theophan does not always keep to the letter, cuts, repeats, explains in his own words and simplifies; A. I. Sidorov wrote that he 'does not so much translate as freely retell' the Greek Philokalia. Kadloubovsky and Palmer's English version (Faber, 1951–1954) draws largely on this Russian text.
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Русский
Theophan the Recluse
Добротолюбие в русском переводе, т. I
The Conscious LibraryДобротолюбие в русском переводе, т. I
Monasterio ruso de San Panteleimón del Athos (impreso en Moscú), 1877
Primer tomo de la 1.ª edición; Florenski cita la 2.ª (Moscú, 1900).
Theophan the Recluse
Добротолюбие в русском переводе, дополненное (5 tomos)
The Conscious LibraryДобротолюбие в русском переводе, дополненное (5 tomos)
Azbuka very (edición digital)
Other works by Theophan the Recluse
- The Path to Salvation: A Brief Outline of Ascetics · 1868
- What Is the Spiritual Life and How to Be Attuned to It · 1878
- Collected Letters (8 parts) · 1898
- Letters on the Christian Life · 1860
- Letters on the Spiritual Life · 1870
- Letters to Various Persons on Various Matters of Faith and Life · 1880
- On the Jesus Prayer, in Letters to Schema-Igumen Herman and Schemamonk Agapius · 1880
- Selected Letters on Sects and Heresies
- Last Counsels and Correspondence of the Last Year · 1894
- Letters to Tatiana Vladimirovna Netsvetaeva · 1887
- Letters to Archpriest Mikhail Kheraskov · 1892
- Unpublished letters (to I. D. Andreyev, to 'S. V.' and others)
- Four Homilies on Prayer · 1872
- Outline of Christian Moral Teaching · 1891
- Survey of the Religion under the Law · 1841
- Sermons of the Rector of the St Petersburg Academy · 1859
- Sermons to the Flock of Tambov · 1861
- Nine Homilies on the Fires in Tambov · 1860
- Sermons to the Flock of Vladimir · 1863
- The Inner Life (collected sermons) · 1859
- The Heavenly Protection over Us · 1865
- On Orthodoxy, with Warnings against Errors · 1863
- Reminder to Nuns of What Monasticism Requires of Them · 1892
- On Complete Conversion to God from the Seductions of the World and Sin · 1867
- On Repentance, Communion and Amendment of Life · 1869
- Resolving Perplexities on the Parable of the Unjust Steward · 1869
- Lessons from the Deeds and Words of the Lord · 1870
- Guidelines for Composing a Single Gospel History from the Four Gospels · 1871
- The Gospel History of God the Son Incarnate · 1885
- The Six Psalms (commentary) · 1871
- Commentary on Psalm 118
- Selected Psalms (commentaries) · 1881
- Commentary on the Shepherd of Hermas
- Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
- The Soul and the Angel Are Not Body but Spirit
- Contemplation and Reflection · 1869
- The God-Pleasing Life in General · 1893
- Our Relation to Churches · 1893
- Sermons for the Feasts of the Lord, the Mother of God and Solemn Days · 1883
- Five Teachings on the Path to Salvation · 1887
- Three Homilies on Bearing the Cross
- Without Effort You Will Not Be Saved · 1889
- Two Homilies on the Sacrament of Baptism · 1886
- A Brief Teaching on the Worship of God · 1845
- What the Penitent Who Has Entered the Good Path Needs · 1847
- Instruction on Progress in the Christian Life
- The Incarnate Economy: An Essay in Christian Psychology
- On the Publication of the Old Testament in Russian Translation · 1875
- On Our Duty to Hold to the Septuagint · 1876
- On the Use of the New Translation of the Old Testament and on the Hebrew Text · 1876
- Instruction for Preaching the Word of God · 1864
- Manuscripts from the Cell
- Address before the Funeral of Archimandrite Innocent · 1847
- Commentary on Romans · 1890
- Commentary on 1 Corinthians
- Commentary on 2 Corinthians
- Commentary on Galatians
- Commentary on Ephesians
- Commentary on Philippians
- Commentary on Colossians
- Commentary on 1 Thessalonians
- Commentary on 2 Thessalonians
- Commentary on 1 Timothy
- Commentary on 2 Timothy
- Commentary on Titus
- Commentary on Philemon
- Commentary on Hebrews (introduction) · 1896
- Unseen Warfare
- Ancient Monastic Rules (Pachomius, Basil, Cassian, Benedict) · 1892
- Discourses of Symeon the New Theologian
- Ancient Paterikon (and Palestinian paterikon) · 1847
- Miterikon (sayings of the Desert Mothers)
- The Spiritual Psalter of St Ephrem the Syrian · 1874
- The Holy Fathers on Prayer and Sobriety · 1881
- Awake, O Sleeper! (patristic anthology) · 1868
- Selected Hymns from the Octoechos
- The Lord's Prayer Explained in the Words of the Fathers
- The Art of Prayer (anthology of Igumen Chariton) · 1936
- Instructions on the Spiritual Life (anthology)
Sources
- Azbuka very, «святитель Феофан Затворник»: biografía, «Творческое наследие» (traducciones, juicio de Veniamín (Milov) y A. I. Sídorov, polémica con Ignati, Septuaginta) y catálogo de obras con sus fechas.
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