St Symeon the New Theologian and Orthodox Tradition

By: Hilarion Alfeyev

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Hardcover | 1 September 2000

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This book is a study of the mystical nature of tradition, and the traditional nature of mysticism, and of St Symeon as both a highly personal and very traditional ecclesiastical writer. The teachings of St Symeon (late tenth to early eleventh century) created much controversy in Byzantium and even led to a short-lived exile to Asia Minor. For the first time in modern scholarship St Symeon's attitude to Scripture and to church worship, his relations with his spiritual father, Symeon the Studite, and the Studite tradition in general are examined. Separate chapters are dedicated to Symeon's cycle of daily reading, to his attitude to hagiographical literature, to his trinitarian theology, ecclesiology, anthropology, and mysticism. Special attention is also paid to the links between Symeon and preceeding authors such as Gregory Nazianzen. In this book Dr Alfeyev aims to redress the balance existing in the modern scholarly approach to Symeon and, more generally, to the Byzantine mystical tradition. By examining Symeon from within the tradition to which both he and the author belong Dr Alfeyev breaks new ground in original research.

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`wealth of clearly presented material in Alfeyev's thorough and indispensable monograph' Journal of Theological Studies, vol.52,no.2 `In conclusion, this book raises some important questions about the nature of mysticism and tradition and its great strength is the enormously detailed and sympathetic analysis of Symeons' theology, which will be of much use to anyone interested in this fascinating writer. The chapters on the Studite tradition and on Symeon's mysticism in relation to his forbears will also be very useful for those interested in Eastern mysticism in general. The footnotes alone provide a detailed bibliography on many themes related to Orthodox ascetism, mysticism and monasticism.' Morwenna Ludlow, Reviews in Religion and Theology `The best chapter - 'Symeon's Asceticism and Mysticism' - is extremely illuminating ... He provides detailed and fascinating histories of various themes' Morwenna Ludlow, Reviews in Religion and Theology

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List of Abbreviations
Introduction	p. 1
The Historical, Monastic, Scriptural, and Liturgical Background of St. Symeon the New Theologian	p. 9
Symeon the New Theologian in the Context of the Studite Monastic Tradition	p. 13
Symeon and Holy Scripture	p. 43
Symeon and Divine Worship	p. 73
The Influence of Symeon the Studite on Symeon the New Theologian	p. 102
St. Symeon the New Theologian and the Patristic Tradition of the Orthodox Church	p. 125
Symeon and the Cycle of His Daily Reading	p. 127
Triadological Polemic in Symeon's Writings	p. 143
Symeon's Theology as Based on That of the Church Fathers	p. 155
The Patristic Basis of Symeon's Anthropology	p. 175
The Patristic Background of Symeon's Ecclesiology	p. 191
Some Aspects of Symeon's Asceticism and Mysticism with Patristic Parallels	p. 208
General Conclusion	p. 271
Mysticism and Tradition: Symeon and His Place in the Orthodox Church	p. 271
Symeon's Afterlife in Orthodox Tradition	p. 275
Bibliography	p. 288
Index of Greek Words	p. 317
General Index	p. 322
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