The Book Of Steps
Subtitle: The Syriac Liber Graduum
Contributors: Kitchen robert A. (Introduction); Martien F. G. Parmentier (Introduction)
Publisher: Cistercian Publications; Liturgical Press
Published: July 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9780879076962
Subjects: Religion & Beliefs; Religion; Religion - Church History; Christianity - History - General; Christianity - Catholic; Christian life; Early works to 1800; History; Monasticism and religious orders; Spirituality; Syria; Syrian Church
Description: "Intentionally anonymous and lacking concrete details of historical and cultural setting - and for many years suspected of messalianism - this collection of thirty memre [discourses] has been long recognized as an important, yet understudied work of the fourth-century Syriac Church." "The Liber Graduum records the ups and downs of a real christian community and is not a theoretical projection. The author meanders through many themes, but always calls readers back to the steps of Uprightness and Perfection."--BOOK JACKET.