The Place and Role of Holy Scripture in the Individual Prayer of Egyptian Monks (IV–V centuries)

Translation from French into Russian — Olga N. Arsenyeva

Authors

  • Yvan Koenig National Center for Scientific Research

Keywords:

Egyptian monasticism, Jesus Prayer, Athanasius of Alexandria, Evagrius of Pontus, John Cassian, Biblical Exhegesis, Incarnation, Antirretic

Abstract

Professor’s Ivan Koenig article presents a historical review and theological analysis of use of Holy Scripture in literature and ascetic practice in Early Egyptian Monasticism of IV–V centuries. The author shows different influences between monastic ascesis and theology of Incarnation, spiritual action, meditation on the text of Holy Scripture, of its allegorical interpretation and theology of Name.

Author Biography

Yvan Koenig, National Center for Scientific Research

PhD in Oriental studies. Master degree in Greek.
Member of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).
Lecturer in the Practical School for High Studies (EPHE IV).
Invited Profesor in the Orthodox Institute Saint-Serge in Paris.
Professor in the Dumitru Staniloae Institute in Paris
Professor in the Catholic Institute of Paris (ELCOA).

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Published

2024-12-26

Issue

No. 2(22) (2024)

Section

Practical theology