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The Russian Philokalia: Dobrotolubie, Volume III
Collected by Saint Theophan the Recluse
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Consider what makes the heart capable of love.
The third volume of The Russian Philokalia brings together eleven witnesses to spiritual healing in Saint Theophan’s arrangement. Diadochos of Photiki, John of Karpathos, Abba Zosimas, and Maximus the Confessor consider grace, trial, humility, and the passions. The collection gives the commandment of love a searching context, connecting it with responsibility for our responses and freedom from resentment and judgment.
Inside this book
- Eleven patristic witnesses
- Discernment, endurance, and humility
- Maximus the Confessor on love
Choose Volume III for its emphasis on the healing of the heart and the relation between ascetic effort and love of God and neighbor.
Edition details
- Compiler
- Saint Theophan the Recluse
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Length
- 438 pages
- Trim size
- 6 × 9 inches
- ISBN
- 9798189505218
- Publication date
- July 28, 2026