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Olivier Clément

Born

in Aniane, Languedoc, France

November 17, 1921

Died

January 15, 2009

Genre

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

Influences

Vladimir Lossky, Nikolai Berdyaev, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky ...more

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Olivier Clément was a French theologian and convert to Orthodox Christianity who taught at St. Sergius Institute in Paris.

He was born in 1921 in the south of France. In his youth he was a non-believer. As he grew to maturity, he became influenced by a number of Orthodox theologians in France, notably Vladimir Lossky and Nicholas Berdiaev, eventually receiving baptism at the hands of Fr Evgraph Kovalesvky, later Bishop Jean-Nectaire of Saint-Denis.

Although a committed school teacher, Clément was most devoted to his work at the St Sergius Institute and to his writing. His work was wide-ranging — from poetry to literary criticism, philosophy to theology, and extended to book-length interviews with figures such as Ecumenical Patriarch Athenago ...more

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	Roots of Christian Mysticism: Texts from Patristic Era with Commentary by Olivier Clément, Jean-Claude Barreau, Theodore Berkley (Translator) 4.53 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 1986 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taize: A Meaning to Life 4.16 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1997 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Living God: A Catechism for the Christian Faith by Olivier Clément, Olga Dunlop (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Human Being: Spiritual Anthropology 4.17 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1986 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Are Peter: An Orthodox Theologian's Reflection on the Exercise of Papal Primacy 3.79 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Prayers: The Lord's Prayer, O Heavenly King, the Prayer of Saint 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transfiguring Time: Understanding Time in the Light of the Orthodox Tradition by Olivier Clément, Jeremy Ingpen (Translation) 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	دعوة الإنسان العليا أو القصد الإلهي من إبداع الإنسان بحسب تعليم آباء الكنيسة by Olivier Clément, رهبان دير القديس أنبا مقار (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'autre soleil: Quelques notes d'autobiographie spirituelle really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1975 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conversations With Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In a society governed by Roman law which accords an absolute and indisputable value to private property, they practise mutual assistance and, with a free originality, a certain sharing of possessions. In a society that takes eroticism for granted and where utterly heedless cruelty holds sway in regard to the embryo and the new born child, Christians bear their witness to the chastity of conjugal love and they oppose abortion and the desertion of infants.”
― Olivier Clément, The Roots of Christian Mysticism: Texts from the Patristic Era with Commentary

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“Love is poverty, kenosis. Knowing one’s neighbour is inseparable from an attitude of non-possession.”
― Olivier Clément, The Roots of Christian Mysticism: Texts from the Patristic Era with Commentary

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“True prayer is not only of the mouth, it is of the heart, that is, of the whole being. It is a cry de profundis, out of the deep. There is a correspondence between the depths of the heart and the heights of heaven, understood not in a physical sense but in the sense of a 'beyond' in relation to the centre.”
― Olivier Clement, Roots of Christian Mysticism: Texts from Patristic Era with Commentary

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