Steps to Spiritual Perfection: Studies on Spiritual Progress in Evagrius Ponticus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780809142644)

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 +

Author: Jeremy Driscoll
ISBN-10: 0809142643
ISBN-13: 9780809142644
Publisher: Newman Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2005
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.44w x 0.59d