Ladder of Divine Ascent

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Klimax
Scala Paradisi
gptkbp:author gptkb:John_Climacus
gptkbp:category Patristic literature
Christian monastic literature
Eastern Orthodox texts
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Fourth_Sunday_of_Great_Lent
gptkbp:contains allegorical teachings
spiritual maxims
practical advice for monks
gptkbp:dedicatedTo Abbot John of Raithu
gptkbp:depictedIn gptkb:Symbolism
gptkbp:genre Christian spirituality
ascetical literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ladder of Divine Ascent
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:theology
Eastern Orthodox monasticism
Byzantine spirituality
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Desert_Fathers
gptkb:Evagrius_Ponticus
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Saint_Catherine's_Monastery,_Sinai
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:readBy gptkb:Great_Lent
gptkbp:significance classic of Christian asceticism
gptkbp:structure 30 steps
gptkbp:subject gptkb:monastery
spiritual ascent
gptkbp:theme gptkb:prayer
love
humility
obedience
repentance
discernment
spiritual purification
dispassion
union with God
detachment from the world
gptkbp:title gptkb:Jacob's_Ladder
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Latin
English
Slavonic
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:writtenBy 7th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fourth_Sunday_of_Great_Lent_period
gptkb:Sunday_of_Saint_John_Climacus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7