He also translated from Greek into Latin a life of St. John Chrysostom ( Venice, 1533 ); the Spiritual Wisdom of John Moschus ; The Ladder of Divine Ascent of St. John Climacus ( Venice, 1531 ), P. G., LXXXVIII.

The terms hesychia and Hesychast are used quite systematically in the Ladder of Divine Ascent of St John of Sinai ( 523 – 603 ) and in Pros Theodoulon by St Hesychios ( c.

Books used by the Hesychast include the Philokalia, a collection of texts on prayer and solitary mental ascesis written from the 4th to the 15th Centuries, this collection existing in a number of independent redactions ; the Ladder of Divine Ascent ; the collected works of St Symeon the New Theologian ( 949 – 1022 ); and the works of St Isaac the Syrian ( 7th C .?– 8th C .?

* The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St John of Sinai.

Of John's literary output we know only the Κλίμαξ () or Ladder of Divine Ascent, composed at the request of John, Abbot of Raithu, a monastery situated on the shores of the Red Sea, and a shorter work To the Pastor ( Latin: Liber ad Pastorem ), most likely a sort of appendix to the Ladder.

Icon of The Ladder of Divine Ascent showing monks ascending ( and falling from ) the ladder to heaven, with Jesus at the upper right helping them.

John Climacus is shown at the top of the Ladder of Divine Ascent ( icon ) | The Ladder of Divine Ascent, with other monks following him, 12th century icon ( St. Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai ).

An icon known by the same title, Ladder of Divine Ascent, depicts a ladder extending from earth to heaven ( cf.

This volume contains the Life of St. John by Daniel, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, and To the Pastor, and provides footnotes explaining many of the concepts and terminology used from an Orthodox perspective, as well as a General Index.

* St John Climacus and the Ladder of Divine Ascent Sermon

* John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent By Colm Luibheid, John Henebry ( Google Books )

This understanding is taught within the works of ascetics like Evagrius Ponticus, and the most seminal ascetic works read most widely by Eastern Christians, the Philokalia and the Ladder of Divine Ascent ( the works of Evagrius and John Climacus are also contained within the Philokalia ).

Icon depicting The Ladder of Divine Ascent ( 12th century, Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai ).

One book commonly read during Great Lent, particularly by monastics, is The Ladder of Divine Ascent, which was written in about the seventh century by St. John of the Ladder when he was the Hegumen ( Abbot ) of St. Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai.

The Sunday which ends the fourth week is dedicated to St. John Climacus, whose work, The Ladder of Divine Ascent has been read throughout the Great Lenten Fast.

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, considered the greatest epic of Italian literature, derived many features of and episodes about the hereafter directly or indirectly from Arabic works on Islamic eschatology: the Hadith and the Kitab al-Miraj ( translated into Latin in 1264 or shortly before as Liber Scale Machometi, " The Book of Muhammad's Ladder ") concerning Muhammad's ascension to Heaven, and the spiritual writings of Ibn Arabi.

* The Ladder of Divine Ascent

* St John Climacus ( of the Ladder ) Orthodox icon and synaxarion for Fourth Sunday of Great Lent

Cover of U. S. lesbian publication ' The Ladder ( magazine ) | The Ladder ' from October 1957.

The first edition of The Ladder ( magazine ) | The Ladder, mailed to hundreds of women in the San Francisco area, urged women to take off their masks.

Michael Willmann ( 1630 – 1706 ), " Jacob's Ladder | the Dream of Jacob "

Jacob's dream of a Jacob's Ladder | ladder of angels, c. 1690, by Michael Willmann

File: La-cat. gif | Sketch of Cat Ladder ( UK terminology ) an aid when working on steep roofs.

View of Cheddar Village, Cheddar Reservoir | reservoir, Batts Combe quarry and gorge taken from the watchtower at the top of Jacob's Ladder

Icon of The Ladder of Divine Ascent ( the steps toward theosis as described by John Climacus | St. John Climacus ) showing monks ascending ( and falling from ) the ladder to Jesus.

Ladder 21 – " The Pride of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan | Hell's Kitchen ".

Image: Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptens Flowers and Wasp 1479px. jpg | Flowers and a wasp

Image: Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptens Flower Buds 2628px. jpg | Flower buds

Image: Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptens Leaves 3008px. JPG | Cluster of leaves

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | FERC Fish Ladder Safety Sign

Image: Jacobs_ladder_da1. JPG | Ascending Jacob's Ladder towards Kinder Low trigpoint

File: The Ladder of Divine Ascent. jpg | Ladder of Divine Ascent

File: Crepuscular-Panorama. jpg | Jacob's Ladder crepuscular panorama

File: Ladder stile Snowdonia. jpg | Ladder stile in Snowdonia

Image: Lake Washington Ship Canal Fish Ladder pamphlet-ocean phase Chinook. jpg | Chinook: ocean phase

Ladder feet often leave a trace pattern on the ground, so showing how the ladder moved and caused an accident to the user.

Originally written simply for the monks of a neighboring monastery, the Ladder swiftly became one of the most widely read and much-beloved books of Byzantine spirituality.

In the 4th century, Saint Gregory of Nazianzus speaks of ascending Jacob's Ladder by successive steps towards excellence, interpreting the ladder as an ascetic path, while Saint Gregory of Nyssa narrates that Moses climbed on Jacob's Ladder to reach the heavens where he entered the tabernacle not made with hands, thus giving the Ladder a clear mystical meaning.

The song was also subsequently parodied in the South Park episode " A Ladder To Heaven ".

Common names include Abscess Root, Creeping or Spreading Jacob's Ladder, False Jacob's Ladder, American Greek Valerian, Blue bells, Stairway to Heaven, and Sweatroot.

Image: Polemonium reptans MN 2007. JPG |' Stairway to Heaven ' variegated Jacob's Ladder at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

He has since written works on Isaiah, including The Literary Message of Isaiah ( 2002 ) and Isaiah Decoded: Ascending the Ladder to Heaven ( 2002 ).

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, considered the greatest epic of Italian literature, derived many features of and episodes about the hereafter directly or indirectly from Arabic works on Islamic eschatology: the Hadith and the Kitab al-Miraj ( translated into Latin in 1264 or shortly before as Liber Scale Machometi, " The Book of Muhammad's Ladder ") concerning Muhammad's ascension to Heaven, and the spiritual writings of Ibn Arabi.

The film's title refers to the biblical story of Jacob's Ladder, or the dream of a meeting place between Heaven and Earth ( Genesis 28: 12 ).

* " A Ladder to Heaven ", a 2002 South Park episode

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, considered the greatest epic of Italian literature, derived many features of and episodes about the hereafter directly or indirectly from Arabic works on Islamic eschatology: the Hadith and the Kitab al-Miraj ( translated into Latin in 1264 or shortly before as Liber Scale Machometi, " The Book of Muhammad's Ladder ") concerning Muhammad's ascension to Heaven, and the spiritual writings of Ibn Arabi.

Peter and Paul ( 11th century ) contains a large wall painting of around 1170 depicting images of salvation and damnation, whose full title is " The Ladder of the Salvation of the Human Soul and the Road to Heaven ".

" A Ladder to Heaven " is the 12th episode of the sixth season of the Comedy Central series South Park.

* A Ladder to Heaven Full episode at South Park Studios

* A Ladder to Heaven Episode guide at South Park Studios

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