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Ladder of Divine Ascent | St. John Climacus

Step 29 Concerning heaven on earth, or godlike dispassion and perfection, and the resurrection of the soul before the general resurrection. 1. Here are we who lie in the deepest pit of ignorance, in the dark passions of this body and in the shadow of death, having the temerity to begin to philosophize about heaven on earth. 2. The firmament

Step 30 Concerning the linking together of the supreme trinity among the virtues. 1. And now, finally, after all that we have said, there remain these three that bind and secure the union of all, faith, hope, love; and the greatest of these is love,10 for God Himself is so called. 2. And (as far as I can make out)

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