Spiritual Direction in the Early Christian East

Irénée Hausherr, SJ, (1881-1978) was a Jesuit of Alsatian origin and specialist in Greek patristic and monastic spirituality.

Contents
FOREWORD   vii
     Bishop Kallistos [Ware]
I.  INTRODUCTION   1
CHAPTER II.  THE SPIRITUAL FATHER   9
     1.  Father   9
     2.  Spiritual   30
CHAPTER III.  THE QUALITIES NEEDED TO BE A SPIRITUAL FATHER   51
     1.  Moral Qualities   51
     2.  Intellectual Qualities   77
     3.  Hierarchical Qualifications   99
CHAPTER IV.  THE DUTIES OF THE SPIRITUAL FATHER   123
     1.  Should One Accept Such a Role?   124
     2.  Praying for One's Spiritual Children   129
     3.  Carrying Part of the Burden   141
     4.  Loving One's Spiritual Children   148
CHAPTER V.  THE NEED FOR OPENNESS OF HEART   155
     1.  The Proper Focus of Such Openness   155
     2.  Treasons for this Disclosure   158
     3.  Testimonies of Some Great Spiritual Fathers   170
     4.  Exceptions to the Rule?   176
CHAPTER VI.  THE DUTIES OF THE DISCIPLE   185
     1.  Having a Spiritual Father   185
     2.  Faith and Submission   192
3.  'In Charitate'   208
CHAPTER VII.  THE REVELATION OF THOUGHTS IN PRIACTICE   223
CHAPTER VIII.  EFFICACY OF DIRECTION   243
CHAPTER IX.  SPECIAL CATEGORIES   267
     1.  The Direction of Nuns  268
     2. the Spiritual Direction of Lay Persons   306
GLOSSARY   333
LIST OF NAMES   345
TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS   357
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY   365
SUBJECT INDEX   400
NAMES INDEX   417