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Vladimir Lossky (1903–58) was one of the most important Orthodox theologians of the twentieth century. Born in Russia into a Russian Orthodox family, Lossky left home after the Communist Revolution and headed to Paris to study and eventually teach. Many members of the expatriate Russian community in Paris clung tightly to their religious and cultural heritage, but Lossky was more outward looking. Engaging in dialogue with non‐Orthodox western Christians, he explained and defended Orthodox beliefs and practices. In the following excerpt from his writing, Lossky argues that while the western Christian traditions tend to separate theology (thinking about faith) from mysticism (the personal experience of faith), Eastern Orthodoxy holds them together. Lossky also thought that typical western practices of prayer were not sufficiently God‐centered, a deficit that could be remedied by praying the Jesus Prayer.