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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453566903321

Autore

Bloom Anthony <1914-2003, >

Titolo

Meditations on a theme : a spiritual journey / / by Metropolitan Anthony (Archbishop Anthony Bloom)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2003

©1971

ISBN

1-281-78402-8

9786611784027

0-8264-3509-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 p.)

Disciplina

242

Soggetti

Spiritual life - Orthodox Eastern Church

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: London ; Oxford : Mowbrays, 1972.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREPARATION FOR THE JOURNEY; Girding our Loins; THE JOURNEY; The Story of Bartimaeus; The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican; The Story of Zacchaeus; The Parable of the Prodigal Son; The Parables of the Judgement; THE GOAL; The Resurrection and the Cross

Sommario/riassunto

Metropolitan Anthony (Anthony Bloom) caught the imagination of countless people by his broadcasts. Their content was uncomfortable and challenging but they drew huge audiences. He then started publishing books and one of his first was was Meditations on a Theme, which we are proud to reissue.Anthony Bloom takes us on a path traced by centuries of Christian pilgrims, taking as landmarks for our meditations certain passages of the Gospel. At the close of the journey we are able to to forget ourselves as we enter a vision which transcends us and at the same time leads us to contemplate trust whic