In recent years interest in the Eastern Orthodox Church among Christians has grown steadily and there have been a number of converts to this religious body. A prime reason for this interest has been the growing fascination with mysticism and ancient tradition which has permeated Western societies. Increasing numbers of Christians are coming into contact with Eastern Orthodox mysticism via the Emergent Church and the writings of the Orthodox 'Church Fathers'. There are many strands to Eastern Orthodox mysticism; this paper briefly examines a few significant areas such as Theosis, Hesychasm, the 'Jesus Prayer', Spiritual Fathers and Light Mysticism.
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“ Great Message! ” Thank you for making this paper available. It was helpful in assisting a friend who had doubts about following an assignment to repeat the "Jesus Prayer" numerous times to decide not to do it.
Neil (8/15/2008)
from Tucson
“ Great Sermon! ” While there is plenty of useful material on Romanism at SA (not to mention www.vatican.va), there is very little on its E. Orthodox rival, & this paper is a useful introduction to some of its tenets & practices.
Given the current Western hostility to "head knowledge," propositional logic, & theology, I expect E. Orthodoxy's anti-intellectual mysticism to grow in popularity today, should it gain wider exposure.
I cannot help pointing out that such mysticism cannot even begin to be understood without using propositions & language, which makes it self-refuting!
Richard Bennett spent twenty-one years as a RC priest in Trinidad, WI. After a serious accident in 1972, he began to study seriously the Bible. After fourteen years of contrasting Catholicism to Biblical truth, he was convicted by the Gospel message. In 1986, he saw that...
