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John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent

by John Climacus · 600

John Climacus (c. 579-649) was abbot of the monastery of Catherine on Mount Sinai. His Ladder was the most widely used handbook of the ascetical life in the ancient Greek Church.

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