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The Lives of Simeon Stylites - (Cistercian Studies) (Paperback)
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- In the flood of christian ascetics who left the world to seek God alone, Simeon chose a novel withdrawal.
- 248 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Christianity
- Series Name: Cistercian Studies
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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.