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Back to SearchLadder of Divine Ascent - Steps Ten and Eleven on Slander and Talkativeness
Season 2 Episode 14
We are all aware of the nature of slander. To slander someone is to speak evil of them behind their backs; it is to criticize them and to malign them…
13 years ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Steps Nine and Ten On Remembrance of Wrongs and Slander
Season 2 Episode 13
REMEMBRANCE OF WRONGS is the offspring of anger and its culmination. It holds on to another's sins. Climacus describes it as a poison of the soul. …
13 years, 1 month ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step Eight On Placidity and Meekness
Season 2 Episode 12
CALMING THE STORM: ADDRESSING OUR ANGER AND BITTERNESS TOWARD OTHERS.
It is only through attaining the virtue of mourning spoken of in the previous st…
13 years, 1 month ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step Seven On Mourning
Season 2 Episode 11
JOYFUL SORROW: TEARS OF REPENTANCE THAT LEAD US INTO THE EMBRACE OF LOVE
In this step John discusses the source of tears and what they do for the…
13 years, 1 month ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step Six On the Remembrance of Death
Season 2 Episode 10
THE MOST ESSENTIAL OF ALL WORKS - THE REMEMBRANCE OF DEATH AND ITS FRUITS IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE This brief step considers a rather simple but es…
13 years, 1 month ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step Five On Penitence Conclusion
Season 2 Episode 9
THE REPUGNANT NATURE OF SIN AS REFLECTED IN THE PENANCE OF THE MONKS OF THE "PRISON" John then speaks of the value of penitence and the humility…
13 years, 1 month ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step Five On Penitence
Season 2 Episode 8
ON PENITENCE AND THE AVOIDANCE OF PRESUMPTION
John begins this step with a somewhat moderate and encouraging tone by describing repentance as a "…
13 years, 2 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step Four On Obedience Conclusion
Season 2 Episode 7
Signs of obedience in the monk; Obedience and how it is to be fostered in community life - silence, watchfulness, humility, constancy, and faith; T…
13 years, 2 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step Four On Obedience Continued
Season 2 Episode 6
FOSTERING OBEDIENCE, THE DEVIL'S ASSAULTS ON THE OBEDIENT, THE VALUE OF A SPIRITUAL FATHER Climacus then turns his thoughts to how this virtue i…
13 years, 2 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step Four On Obedience
Season 2 Episode 5
What must be done from the start: Choosing a spiritual father and submitting one's self and one's thoughts to him completely. Climacus gives an e…
13 years, 2 months ago