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TEXTBOOKS:
1. The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition, by Andrew Louth, (Oxford U. Press. 1981) ISBN: 0198266685
2. RB 80 The Rule of St. Benedict in Latin and English with Notes, (Liturgical Press)
3. Teach us to Pray, by Andre Louf, (Franciscan Herald Press, 1975) ISBN 0-8199-0532-1
4. Christian Monasticism, by David Knowles, (Mcgraw-Hill. 1969) ISBN: 0070351910
5.
The Desert A City, by
Derwas Chitty (Oxford: 1966; St. Vlad. Sem. 1977)
ISBN: 0913836451
Chapter 1 - The Call;
Chapter 2 - The
Institution
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS:
(1)
Are We Contemplatives, What is Our Future?, by
Luke Dysinger,
O.S.B.
Are_We_Contemplatives
(2)
Chapter Four ("Devotion to Heaven") from The Love of Learning and the Desire
for God, A Study of Monastic Culture,
Jean Jeclercq, O.S.B.
Devotion_to_Heaven
(3)
The Latin Apophthegmata
(complete Latin Systematic Collection of the sayings of the Desert Fathers and
Mothers)
Latin_Syst_Collec
THE FOLLOWING TEXTS ARE AVAILABLE ON ASSIGNED WEBPAGES:
Plato: “The Parable of the Caves” and “the Myth of Er” (Republic).
Philo, selections from The Contemplative Life and Every Good Man is Free.
Selections on lectio divina from Cyprian’s Letter to Donatus and Verbum Dei (Vatican II)
The Passion of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity
The Life of St. Antony
The Rule of St. Basil
Gregory of Nyssa, On the Inscriptions of the Psalms (selections)
Evagrius Ponticus, Praktikos, Gnostikos, Chapters on Prayer, Thoughts
John Cassian, Institutes and Conferences, (selections)
The Saying of the Desert Fathers (Latin Systematic Collection)
The Rule of St. Benedict (formatted to highlight text unique to Benedict)
The Life of St. Benedict (selections from The Dialogues), by Gregory the Great.
Dionysius the Aereopagite, (selections)
Maximus Confessor (selections)
The Ladder of Monks by Guigo II (selections)
St. Gertrude the Great, (selections.)
Prosper Gueranger, The Liturgical Year, Preface.