{"product_id":"the-praktikos-chapters-on-prayer-volume-4-paperback","title":"The Praktikos \u0026 Chapters on Prayer: Volume 4 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEvagrius Ponticus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Eudes Bamberger\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Evagrius Ponticus is the living link through whom the ascetic principles of hellenistic philosophers passed into the mainstream of christian monasticism. Although not know by name for generations, Evagrius molded the ideals of western asceticism through his own widely-disseminated works and through his influence on intermediaries like John Cassian and, through Cassian, Saint Benedict of Nursia. To those seeking God alone, he counselled absolute solitude: the solitude of separation from the world and the solitude of the human soul. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in 345 in Ibora in Pontus (the present day İverönü in Turkey), Evagrius united the mystical theology of Origen and the rigorous asceticism of the desert monks in a tradition which still lives today. \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.5 x 6.94 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 1972\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47449882558642,"sku":"9780879079048","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ea7dc80206bcbe4f4ca76205532170c0.webp?v=1778774872","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-praktikos-chapters-on-prayer-volume-4-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}