Description
Devoted to the study of selected works of Fr. Matthew the Poor, the most spiritual and prolific monk in the Middle East nowadays.
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT page 6
EDITORIAL page 7
HISTORIC DISCOVERY
An Analytical Study of the Official Account Concerning the Discovery of the Relics of St. John the Baptist and Elisha the Prophet as Reported by Abuna Yacoub el-Maqary page 9
MONASTIC ASCETICISM
My Interview with his Reverence Fr. Matta al-Maskîn the Spiritual Father of the Monastery of St. Macarius the Great page 15
Editor
METAPHYSICS
On Beh0lding God [Hawla Ru’iyat Allâh] page 39
Fr. Matta
AFTERLIFE MYSTERIES
Life After Death and the Immortal Longings of the Soul page 47
Fayek M. Ishak
REVELATORY INSIGHTS
The Living Truth [al-Haq wal Hayâh] page 53
Abuna Matta al-Maskîn
MONASTIC STUDIES
The Monastery of St. Mary page 57
Bishop Gregorius
ARTISTIC INTERACTION
Symbolism in Pharaonic and Coptic Art page 65
Albert Jean Gayet
SOCIOLOGY AND CULTURE
Christians in the Society page 69
Father Matta
REVIEW ARTICLE
The Way of Enlightenment and Pure Vision: Fr. Matta’s Fîl Tadbîr ar-Rûhî [“On Spiritual Preparedness”] page 73
BOOK REVIEW
Saber Gabra, TheGlory of the Holy Bible page 78
Boulos A. Ayad
A RESEARCH GUIDE TO TRANSLATIONS OF WORKS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN ARABIC
A. ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS page 81
B. FRENCH TRANSLATIONS page 83
CONTRIBUTORS page 84
INDEX TO VOLUMES I, II & III page 85
