Teacher A Jia: The Guided Class of Love God Collection (Part 1) is here again, starting on March 14th

Teacher A Jia: The Guided Class of Love God Collection (Part 1) is here again, starting on March 14th

Since the introductory version of the Eros Collection started, some readers reported that they did not see the course posters of the previous issue or that the schedule was not open, so they missed it. This opportunity has come, the introductory class of Eros Collection (Part 1) will start from 8:00 to 9:30 pm on Monday, March 14th. Thanks to all enthusiastic readers for their attention, forwarding and likes, so that readers in need can take this course to appreciate the tradition of the Eastern Church's inner prayer.

In the last class, someone reflected on what the introductory version of Eros is about, and whether or not you can try the class first before making a decision. The author thinks that the audition is unnecessary. Many of the contents of this website, readers' questions and answers, translation sharing, etc. are all "audio" content. Readers can go to the "Guide Book of Eros" column to read the above article, the lecture on the Eastern Church's inner prayer , the biblical basis of the inner prayer tradition , and the essential difference between Christian spiritual practice and Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism .

Why open the Eros Collection Guided Class?

First of all, please understand that this course is not a course taught by the apostles, but an academic course, that is, to understand the prayer tradition of the Eastern Church by reading first-hand materials. Of course, in order to deepen the understanding of this tradition, I encourage students to practice the Jesus Prayer, see my article: Advice for Protestants to practice the Jesus Prayer .

Secondly, the opening of this course, on the one hand, is the field that the author has been focusing on, and on the other hand, in accordance with the spirit of the author’s academic road to open the way for the road of contemplation, the way of opening the course firstly opens up a space for the road of contemplation in terms of ideology. Academic translation and reading, the formation of an atmosphere of mutual discussion, the road of contemplation is like cooking without rice, and it is difficult to truly establish it.

All who will do the first commandment of our Lord Jesus Christ!

All who will live a life of watchfulness and prayer!

All who are eager to pray!

bring it on! This course will introduce you to the tradition of prayer in the Eastern Church

In this era of rampant secularism and no bottom line of moral depravity

Let's fight them with inner prayer, because inner prayer is our spiritual fortress

"Eros Collection", also known as "Music Collection" or "Love Beauty Collection", the original Greek is: φιλοκαλία, φιλο has the meaning of mutual love, καλία literally means good, beautiful, in Greek philosophy, it refers to the One, that is, the supreme God, in the Christian context, means God. Therefore, the author translated it as "Love God Collection".

Eros Anthology is a classic collection of Orthodox spiritual traditions, especially Inner Prayer, covering the writings of spiritual masters from the fourth to fifteenth centuries. At the end of the 18th century, two monks of the Holy Mountain of Athos, St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain of Athos (1749-1809) and St. Macario of Corinth (St. . Makarios of Corinth 1731-1805) edited a collection of Eros, first published in Venice in 1782. In 1893, the collection was republished in Athens, with the addition of something not found in the first edition: Bishop Callisto (Καλλίστος) "On Prayer". The third edition, divided into five volumes, was published in Athens by the Astir Publishing Company from 1957 to 1963. Our translation of this introductory version is based on this version. For the editor of "Eros", editorial policies, reasons for publication, main content, etc., please refer to Kallistos Ware's series of articles translated by the author: Saint Nicodemus and "Eros" ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ) ( d ).

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