Steps to Spiritual Perfection: Studies on Spiritual Progress in Evagrius Ponticus - Softcover

Driscoll OSB, Jeremy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809142643 ISBN 13: 9780809142644

Publisher: Paulist Press International,U.S., 2003

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Jeremy Driscoll, O.S.B., is a priest and monk of Mount Angel Abbey, St. Benedict, Oregon. He is a professor of theology at Mount Angel Seminary and at the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant' Anselmo in Rome. He is the author of several books of theology and poetry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Paulist Press International,U.S.
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809142643
• ISBN 13: 9780809142644
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192