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

by Jeremy Driscoll and Jeremy Driscoll OSB

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809142643
• ISBN13: 9780809142644
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Newman Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.0"