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The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian

by Niketas Stethatos

  • Hardback
  • 448 pages
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • 13.5 x 20.4 x 3.4 cm

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Today the Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic leader Symeon the New Theologian (ca. 949 to 1022 ce) is considered a saint by the Orthodox Church and revered as one of its most influential spiritual thinkers. But in his own time a cloud of controversy surrounded him and the suspicion of heresy tainted his reputation long afterward. The Life was written more than thirty years after Symeon's death by his disciple and apologist the theologian Niketas Stethatos, who also edited all of Symeon's spiritual writings. An unusually valuable piece of Byzantine hagiography, it not only presents compelling descriptions of Symeon's visions, mystical inspiration, and role as a monastic founder, but also provides vivid glimpses into the often bitter and unpleasantly conflicted politics of monasticism and the construction of sanctity and orthodoxy at the zenith of the medieval Byzantine Empire. Although the many volumes of Symeon's spiritual writings are now readily available in English, the present translation makes the Life accessible to English readers for the first time. It is based on an authoritative edition of the Greek.
The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian and The Essential History of Christianity
The Essential History of ChristianityThe Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian

  • Author

    Niketas Stethatos

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Harvard University Press

  • Published

    May 2013

  • Weight

    564g

  • Page Count

    448

  • Dimensions

    13.5 x 20.4 x 3.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780674057982

  • ISBN-10

    0674057988

  • Eden Code

    4071290

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