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The Philokalia is the Greek anthology of ascetic and hesychast texts on inner prayer compiled in the eighteenth century by Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and Makarios of Corinth, first published in 1782, and it is the principal traditional source for the practice of the Jesus Prayer within Orthodox Christian spirituality. As the compilers' own primary anthology it is the correct source for what the tradition's own core texts on prayer actually say, gathered from many earlier writers across centuries into one collection. Its limit is that it is an anthology assembled with a devotional and formational purpose, not a historical study of hesychasm's development, so a claim about the origins or later reception of the practice needs a scholarly source alongside the anthology itself.
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AuthorCompiled by Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and Makarios of Corinth
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication Year1782
URLhttps://archive.org/details/philokaliacompl00gehp
Source Typeprimary-text
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Published by Faber and Faber, the compilers' own eighteenth century anthology of the Orthodox tradition's own core texts on inner prayer, treated at the top tier as that primary anthology of the tradition's own writing. NotesThe Greek anthology of ascetic and hesychast texts on inner prayer, and the principal traditional source for the practice of the Jesus Prayer.
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This source names Corinth directly: "of the Holy Mountain and Makarios of Corinth, first published in 1782, and it is the principal traditional source for the practice of the Jesus Prayer within Orthodox Christian spirituality."
Source The PhilokaliaCompiled by Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and Makarios of Corinth Claims Backed By This Source (28 claims)
This source backs 28 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Other Writings, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.
- Practices, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Disciplines, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Doctrines, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Mantras, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Denominations, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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