The Syriac Book of Steps collects 30 memre by an anonymous late 4th century author in Persia. It describes the struggle of an actual Christian community, not an idealized one, to live a life in the pursuit of perfection in the midst of a hostile culture. The author details the aspirations and standards of the two ranks of Christians prior to the advent of monasticism: the Upright-married people who work and perform acts of charity-and the Perfect who are celibate, do not work, but live a life of prayer, wandering through the region teaching and mediating conflicts.
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- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Introduction (page 7)
- Text and Translation (page 11)
- Memra-Eleven (page 12)
- Memra-Twelve: On the Hidden and Public Ministry of the Church (page 22)
- Memra-Thirteen: By the Same Author on the Ways of the Upright (page 38)
- Memra-Fourteen: On the Upright and the Perfect (page 54)
- Memra-Fifteen: On Adam's Marital Desire (page 62)
- Memra-Sixteen: On How a Person May Surpass the Major Commandments (page 100)
- Memra-Seventeen: On the Sufferings of Our Lord Who Became Through Them an Example for Us (page 120)
- Memra-Eighteen: On the Tears of Prayer (page 134)
- Memra-Nineteen: On the Discernment of the Way of Perfection (page 144)
- Memra-Twenty: On the Difficult Steps that are on the Road of the City of Our Lord (page 200)
