John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent (Classics of Western Spirituality)
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John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent  (Classics of Western Spirituality)  -     Edited By: Colm Luibheid, Norman Russell
    Translated By: Colm Luibheid, Norman Russell
    By: John Climacus

John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent (Classics of Western Spirituality)

Paulist Press / 1982 / Paperback

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent was the most widely used handbook of the ascetic life in the ancient Greek Church. Popular among both laity and monastics, it was translated into Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Armenian, Old Slavonic, and many modern languages. It was written while the author (579-649 CE) was an abbot of the monastery of Catherine on Mount Sinai. As reflected in the title, the ascetical life is portrayed as ladder which each aspirant must ascend, each step being a virtue to be acquired, or a vice to be surrended. Its thirty steps reflect the hidden life of Christ himself. This work had a fundamental influence in the development of Christian monasticism generally, and particularly the Hesychastic, Jesus Prayer, or Prayer of the Heart movement.

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Title: John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent (Classics of Western Spirituality)
By: John Climacus
Translated By: Colm Luibheid
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 336
Vendor: Paulist Press
Publication Date: 1982
Dimensions: 6 X 9 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 1 ounce
ISBN: 0809123304
ISBN-13: 9780809123308
Series: Classics of Western Spirituality
Stock No: WW23304

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"This series is a testimony to the Spirit breathing where He wills." America John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent edited and translated by Colm Luibheid and Norman Russell notes on translation by Norman Russell, preface by Kallistos Ware "Prayer is the mother and daughter of tears. It is an expiation of sin, a bridge across temptation, a bulwark against affliction. It wipes out conflict, is the work of angels, and is the nourishment of everything spiritual." John Climacus (c. 579-649) The Ladder of Divine Ascent was the most widely used handbook of the ascetic life in the ancient Greek Church. Popular among both lay and monastics, it was translated into Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Armenian, Old Slavonic, and many modern languages. It was written while the author (who received his surname from this book) was abbot of the monastery of Catherine on Mount Sinai. As reflected in the title, the ascetical life is portrayed as a ladder which each aspirant must ascend, each step being a virtue to be acquired, or a vice to be surrendered. Its thirty steps reflect the hidden life of Christ himself. This work had a fundamental influence in the particularly the Hesychastic, Jesus Prayer, or Prayer of the Heart movement. Pierre Pourrat in his History of Christian Spirituality calls John Climacus the "most important ascetical theologian of the East, at this epoch, who enjoyed a great reputation and exercised and important influence on future centuries." †

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