Antonie Plamadeala, metrop. Tradition and Liberty in the Orthodox Spirituality Metropolitan Antonie of Transylvania hereby presents the Orthodox spirituality and especially Romanian monasticism, distinguished by certain peculiarities. The book does not merely provide an abstract list of the spiritual principles or values governing this life, but describes a communitarian spiritual lifestyle, nuanced by the various contributions of its members who emulate and inspire each other; by so doing, on the one hand they enrich the community’s life, while on the other they maintain the balance of discernment and humility, capital virtues in Eastern spirituality and heights of genuine humanity, the only able to promote authentic communion and lovingkindness, constantly elevating the human dimension, removing its opacity and revealing the divinity within. His Eminence thus presents neither the general principles underlying Orthodox spirituality, nor the impressive biography of a particular monk having reached the heights of contemplation, in his singular experience, but the communitarian spiritual life with its wealth of multiple personal achievements, all integrated into a unitary community, in a book like no other. (Fr. Prof. Dumitru Staniloae) Format: 17x24 cm; 376 p. ISBN: 978-973-136-182-6 «« back