I picked up a book entitled Philokalia the Bible of Orthodox Spirituality at a Greek Orthodox festival in Wheeling, WV. This book is so beautiful, and I have wept many times while reading it. I'm glad you are pronouncing all of these words, I wasn't sure how to pronounce them while reading the book. I'm Roman Catholic, I know that the Byzantine Church and Eastern Catholic, along with the Orthodox read this book.
Everytime one falls off the path, these books are probably as good as the Bible because they make constant references to Bible . They are gold to a lover of Christ. The books are great but so are the audiobooks.
The Philokalia strictly belongs to the Orthodox Church. It’s the fullness of our spirituality. It’s the praxis Rome fell away from and lost all contact with.
Most of the texts in the Philokalia post date the schism. So how did Rome fall away from a praxis it never had? Different cultures within the Church have always had different spiritual practices.
@@thebyzantinescotist7081 because these post schism orthodox saints preserve the Orthodox Christian praxis of the Church of the first millennium both east and west. Rome lost contact with the Saints of old long ago.
@@shawndavila72 Its not your book to begin with because you have no contact with the saints who wrote it nor the praxis of the philokalia. The philokalia can be actually dangerous and harmful to those who just pick it up and try to interpret it and practice it on their own, it must be put in the context of the holy elders and praxis of the Church, which the Orthodox Chufch today still preserves without spot. We have living links to these saints and holy elders who continue the praxis.
@@wagmi9778 he's the only Catholic saint in there. The rest is mixed with Orthodox theology of uncreated light and deification which are major heresies
The Catholic Church venerates the saints of Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and even the Church of the East. That last one means the Catholic venerate a Heretic as a saint.
I was led to the philocalia in 1978 after reading the way of a pilgrim and dostoyevski.
Silence, Stillness and Solitude
I picked up a book entitled Philokalia the Bible of Orthodox Spirituality at a Greek Orthodox festival in Wheeling, WV. This book is so beautiful, and I have wept many times while reading it. I'm glad you are pronouncing all of these words, I wasn't sure how to pronounce them while reading the book. I'm Roman Catholic, I know that the Byzantine Church and Eastern Catholic, along with the Orthodox read this book.
At that time the backdrop was solgenetions gulag revealed how important to survival faith was
Everytime one falls off the path, these books are probably as good as the Bible because they make constant references to Bible . They are gold to a lover of Christ. The books are great but so are the audiobooks.
It's properly pronounced Fi-Lo-Kale-Lia, not Phil as in Philadelphia
The Philokalia strictly belongs to the Orthodox Church. It’s the fullness of our spirituality. It’s the praxis Rome fell away from and lost all contact with.
Most of the texts in the Philokalia post date the schism. So how did Rome fall away from a praxis it never had? Different cultures within the Church have always had different spiritual practices.
@@thebyzantinescotist7081 because these post schism orthodox saints preserve the Orthodox Christian praxis of the Church of the first millennium both east and west. Rome lost contact with the Saints of old long ago.
@@diegobarragan4904 Show me where in the book it says not for Catholics?
@@shawndavila72 Its not your book to begin with because you have no contact with the saints who wrote it nor the praxis of the philokalia. The philokalia can be actually dangerous and harmful to those who just pick it up and try to interpret it and practice it on their own, it must be put in the context of the holy elders and praxis of the Church, which the Orthodox Chufch today still preserves without spot. We have living links to these saints and holy elders who continue the praxis.
You need a serious dose of humility if you actually believe what you are saying.
this is a heretical book and not catholic. this book is pure heresy and blasphemy
There are some Catholic authors, like St. Maximos the Confessor who supported papacy. And some of it was written pre-schism.
@@wagmi9778 he's the only Catholic saint in there. The rest is mixed with Orthodox theology of uncreated light and deification which are major heresies
The Catholic Church venerates the saints of Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and even the Church of the East. That last one means the Catholic venerate a Heretic as a saint.
@@kurtrosenthal6313 nope
St. Augustine is in there. @@thelastgeneration1926