The Lives of Simeon Stylites: Lives of Simeon Stylites Volume 112

Book Overview

In the flood of christian ascetics who left the world to seek God alone, Simeon chose a novel withdrawal. He mounted a pillar and remained there the rest of his life. To him came supplicants with all kinds of problems: personal anguish, sickness and pain, infertility, sin, and social transgression. Public issues were mediated at his shrine and slaves manumitted. Three views of the Stylite in three lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879075120
• ISBN13: 9780879075125
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.6"