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PENTHOS IBD

CISTERCIAN PUBLICATIONS C/O LI
01 / 1982
9780879079536
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Sinopsis

If joy in the resurrection is the distinguishing mark of christian faith, why have christian saints throughout the ages prayed for âÇÖthe gift of tearsâÇÖ? What place hasápenthos, heartfelt compunction, in the sure and certain hope of life in Christ?Weeping for Christ crucified is not christian.áPenthosáin the eastern monastic tradition is never found related to the death of Christ: for death, to the Christian, is birth into new life with Christ.Penthosáis instead the deep awareness of sin which comes upon the Christian when he realizes that his own sins cut him off from the fulness of GodâÇÖs presence. It is the godly sorrow which accompanies the life-long knowledge that he is deprived of the complete and utter joy which God offers.áIn this study ofápenthosáin the eastern monastic tradtion, the late Irénée Hauserr makes available to western Christians some of the heart of pastric and Orthodox teaching.