Isaac de Ninive et sa doctrine: entre solitude et communion

Isaac de Ninive et sa doctrine: entre solitude et communionIrenikonSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/KZ4KQBGB/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.SabinoChialàIsaac de Ninive et sa doctrine: entre solitude et communionhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/KZ4KQBGBhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/KZ4KQBGBhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/KZ4KQBGBIrenikon83:42010479-499Isaac of Nineveh lived at a time (7th century) when the East Syrian Church to which he belonged was no longer in communion with the other Christian Churches. Nevertheless his spiritual teachings have, over the centuries, been warmly received throughout the Christian world. Isaac lived at a time when an important reform of monastic life in the East Syrian Church had been carried out under the leadership of Abraham of Kashkar, who sought to eliminate certain excesses. He sought to strike a balance between solitude and community in the life of the monk. Monks were to live alone in hermit-ages, but to come together in the main church for the Saturday night vigil service and the Sunday meal. For Isaac, in line with this tradition, the experience of solitude was the very condition of community life. Discernment was indispensable, if ascetic practice ― either in solitude or in community —was not to become an end in itself, or lose sight of its very goal. The monastic quest must not be pure introspection: a monk is mature for solitude when he is able to live a brotherly life with others. Through solitude he must learn to relate to God, to others and to himself. The goal of solitude is to find compassion — in charity and communion — for every creature and for all of creation. This must apply in particular to those who have distanced themselves from truth. True solitude is not self-seeking; it leads neither to judging others nor to bitterness, but to the fulness of charity. Chialà, Sabino. “Isaac de Ninive et Sa Doctrine: Entre Solitude et Communion.” Irenikon 83:4 (2010): 479–99. Sabino Chialà, Isaac de Ninive et Sa Doctrine: Entre Solitude et Communion, Irenikon 83:4 (2010): 479–99.Isaac of NinevehNestoriansVII CEVII-XVIII CEasceticismmonasticism