Isbn: 9780879073367 - the monastic rule of iosif volotsky: new revised edition: new revised edition volume 36 (cistercian studies, band 36) (2 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Revised. Very good, bright and tight with very light bumping to the tips and P/O sig to inner front cover. Revised from original 1983 edition. Softcover. 396 pp (w/ bibliography & index). The life and rule of Iosif Volotsky (1439-1515) reveal many of the contradictory forces at work within the medieval muscovite church and Russian monasticism; social reform amid noble privilege, monastic austerity bounded by a despotic social structure. "Non-possessor" reformers might advocate the renunciation of monastic villages and peasants, universal manual labor, and hesychastic prayer, but Iosif defended liturgical formalism and the retention of lands and privileges as safeguards of monastic life. First published in 1983, this first English translation of Iosif's rule has been revised to include in full both versions of Iosif's legislation: the Brief Rule and the Extended Rule, with new scholarship from the Russian Orthodox Church.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. revised edition. 396 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.