Discourses and Sayings

. . . no text I know renders the ascetic spirit more accessible to the modern reader.Religious Studies Review

• Table of ContentsPreface   9A Letter to my Readers   13IntroductionThe Text  19The Life of Dorotheos   23Dorotheos at Thawatha   35Mystical Experiences   51The Turning-point   55Death   67Part One: DiscoursesI.  On Renunciation   77II.  On Humility   94III.  On Conscience   104IV.  On the Fear of God   109V.  On the Need for Consultation   122 VI.  On Refusal to Judge our Neighbor   131VII.  On Self-accusation   140VIII.  On Rancor or Animosity   149IX.  On Falsehood   156X.  On Travelling the Way of God with Vigilance and Sobriety   163XI.  On Cutting off Passionate Desires Before They Become Rooted Habits of Mind   172XII.  On the Fear of Punishment to Come and the Need for Never Neglecting One’s Salvation   182XIII.  On Accepting Temptations Calmly and with Gratitude   192XIV.  On Building up Virtues and their Harmony   201Pat Two: The Paschal MysteryXV.  On the Lenten Fast   215XVI.  Commentary on an Easter Hymn of St Gregory Nazianzen   220XVII.  Commentary on a Hymn for the Feasts of Martyrs by the Same   227Part Three: Dialogues and MaximsXVIII  How the President should Conduct Himself Towards he Brethren and They Subject Themselves to Him   237XIX.  Dialogue with the Cellerar   21XX.  Reply to Some Hermits who Asked Him About Holding Meetings   244XXI.  On the Insensibility of Soul and the Flight of Love   249XXII.  Maxima of Dorotheos of Gaza   251