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In the ancient Monastic Rules we can find various principles concerning the Community, persons and Monasteries. Among them we can also find some norms that apply to the so called „Elders” or „seniors”. They distinguish themselves from other monks, by being more advanced in the spiritual and ascetic life and because of this they are set as an example to follow for other Monks. For this reason they...
Old age, which we consider to be a normal or even a natural stage of human life, seems to us inseparably bound with human condition. However, for Gregory of Nyssa old age, like youth, sexual reproduction, passions or pain, was a consequence of the first sin rather than a characteristic feature of human nature, which was created by God at the beginning. In man’s beginnings God performed three important...
L’article présente l’interprétation allégorique des textes bibliques sur la vieillesse dans l’exégèse alexandrine des III et IV siècles, principalement dans les commentaires et les homélies sur la Genèse d’Origène et de Didyme l’Aveugle. Dans ces oeuvres on trouve plusieurs textes sur les patriarches en tant que personnes âgées. Origène, en analysant les événements de la dernière période de vie d’Abraham,...
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