Wednesday, 11 November 2009

The Ladder of Divine Ascent



The ladder of Divine Ascent is an important ascetical treatise for monasticism in Eastern Christianity written by John Climacus in c. A.D. 600 at the request of the Abbot of Raithu. It talks about how the highest degree of religious perfection may be reached. It is divided into 30 parts in memory of the 30 years of Christ. The work is written in a concise form.

Read more about it here.

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