St Symeon the New Theologian and Orthodox Tradition

by Hilarion Alfeyev

The teachings of St Symeon (949-1022) created much controversy in Byzantium and led to his short-lived exile to Asia Minor in 1009. This book examines St Symeon from within the Byzantine mystical tradition, looking at him as both a highly personal and a very traditional ecclesiastical writer. For the first time in modern scholarship, this study explores St Symeon's attitude to Scripture and to church worship; his relations with his spiritual father, Symeon the Studite; and the Studite tradition in general.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198270097
• ISBN13: 9780198270096
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"