New Theologian (Book order)

New Theologian Book order

Symeon the New Theologian was a pivotal figure in Byzantine monasticism who renounced court life to pursue a spiritual path. His writings, often rooted in direct personal experience, delve into profound spiritual truths and mystical encounters with a distinctive voice. Symeon's teachings and his unyielding pursuit of doctrinal purity drew opposition from church authorities and some monks, ultimately leading to his withdrawal from public life. His legacy continues to inspire with its fervent emphasis on the direct experience of the divine.

On the Mystical Life Vol III

220 pages
8 hours of reading

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St. Symeon the New Theologian was abbot of the monastery of St Mamas in Constantinople at the turn of the eleventh century. He was also perhaps the most remarkable and certainly the most forceful advocate of the mystical experience of God in the history of the Byzantine Church. Though they were on occasion suppressed by ecclesiastical authorities wary of his fierce enthusiasm, as well as of his claims to charismatic authority, St Symeon's writings survived in the Orthodox Church and continued to play a vital role in the several renewals of spiritual life and prayer which has sustained the Church in its often difficult history over the past millennium.