Freedom & Obedience in the Vision of Saint Sophrony so widespread and pervasive

so widespread and pervasive

Mark the Monk

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Freedom & Obedience in the Vision of Saint Sophrony so widespread and pervasiveRecent events have underscored the tension between freedom and authority, manifest in competing concerns over personal autonomy and communal wealth fare, warring political ideologies, and an increasing confusion over the meaning of personhood. This essay is founded by the conviction that Saint Sophrony (18961993) offers to our own generation a unique answer to these dilemmas. The author begins with an examination of the meaning of personhood in the