{"product_id":"the-philokalia-by-anonymous-anonymous-9780241201374","title":"The Philokalia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA selection of key works from the foundational book of the Orthodox Church, in a landmark new translation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Eat the gnostic bread of wisdom found in this book, and drink the \u003ci\u003ewine which gladdens the heart’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Philokalia\u003c\/i\u003e is the most influential book in the recent history of the Orthodox Church, aside from the Bible. It is an anthology of thirty-six spiritual texts written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by the masters of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, tracing a continuous tradition of the prayer of the heart, or hesychasm, from Evagrios of Pontos to Gregory Palamas. First published in Greek in 1782, and revered for offering a rich tapestry of wisdom on the path to union with God, the texts, largely of monastic origin, serve as a guide to the pursuit of contemplative prayer, ‘inner asceticism’, and the purification of the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Jonathan L. Zecher and Andrew Louth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith an Introduction by Andrew Louth with Jonathan L. Zecher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46549285830892,"sku":"9780241201374","price":57.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241201374.jpg?v=1750029599","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-philokalia-by-anonymous-anonymous-9780241201374","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}