SAK Stefan - Acta Patristica, volume 2, issue 03/2011
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPIRITUAL FATHER BY SAINT NICODEMOS THE HAGIORITE
/O POZNANÍ DUCHOVNÍKA PODĽA SVÄTÉHO NIKODÉMA SVÄTOHORCA/
Stefan SAK
lecturer, Orthodox Theological Faculty, University of Presov in Presov, Masarykova 15, 080 01 Presov, Slovakia, sak.stefan@gmail.com, 00421517724729
Abstract
In Manual of confession for spiritual Father (confessor), which author is saint Nicodemos the Hagiorite we find advice on what should confessor know if he wants to lead the souls of believers. Saint Nicodemos the Hagiorite points for each group of sins that need to differentiate between them, because every sin is a sickness and every disease to be treated differently.
Keywords
Indifference, doctor, therapy, disease, purification, love
(Language: slovak)