His Ladder was the most widely used handbook of the ascetical life in the ancient Greek church
'the most important document of early monasticism
In the late eleventh century
The translator has added further information about the author and his other writings as well as a bibliography for further reading
it is taught by truly giving yourself and communicating the love and longing for Christ to those you serve
On God and Christ, The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius: St. Gregory of Nazianzus 305.66 His Ladder was the most"Sugg. Donation" Gregory of Nazianzus, "The Theologian," was recognized among the Cappadocian Fathers as a peculiarly vivid and quotable exponent of the doctrine of God in Trinity. A brilliant orator and accomplished poet, he placed before the Church his interpretation of the sublime mystery of the God revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These five sermons, probably delivered as a series at the small chapel of the Resurrection in Constantinople,