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Peter of Damascus and Early Christian Spiritual Theology

2005, Greg Peters. Patristica et Mediaevalia 26

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This article investigates the spiritual theology of the early Christian sources that influenced the twelfth-century Byzantine spiritual writer Peter of Damascus. In addition, attention is given to the state of twelfth-century monasticism as well as to contemporary literature is also given with suggestions for how this literary technique may help modern scholars profitably read the works of Peter.