Steps to Spiritual Perfection : Studies on Spiritual Progress in Evagrius Ponticus
Overview
Evagrius Ponticus (345-399) was among the first of the desert fathers to articulate in writing the wisdom of the monastic movement. Jeremy Driscoll comments in this book on Evagrius in such a way as to show his spiritual relevance for our times. The encounter with Evagrius here becomes for modern readers what it was for those to whom he first wrote: a way of receiving spiritual nourishment and advice from one of the desert masters far away. Evagrius sets out challenging conditions that are requirements for the spiritual goal--knowledge of the Holy Trinity in a luminous place of prayer. This important work is: --a companion volume to Ad Monachos in the Ancient Christian Writers series --along with Ad Monachos, this is the single most comprehensive book on Evagrius --shows how the Evagrius of history can act as a spiritual guide today+F1549 --breaks new ground in interpreting Evagrius, arguing that his Ad Monachos is a key for interpreting other major questions in Evagrius' other works +
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- ISBN-13: 9780809142644
- ISBN-10: 0809142643
- Publisher: Newman Press
- Publish Date: November 2005
- Dimensions: 8.98 x 6.44 x 0.59 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.73 pounds
- Page Count: 192
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