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Line 1: {{italic title}} The '''''Book of Steps''''' ({{~~lang-~~langx\|syr\|ܟܬܒܐ ܕܡܣ̈ܩܬܐ}}, ''Kṯāḇâ ḏ-Masqāṯâ''; also known by the [[Latin]] name ''Liber Graduum'') is an [[anonymity\|anonymous]] [[Syriac language\|Syriac]] [[treatise]] on [[spiritual direction]], probably written in the late fourth century AD (or possibly early fifth century). The author appears to be living in the [[Sasanian Empire]], perhaps somewhere near the [[Lesser Zab]], as it is mentioned in Memra Thirty, and addresses the author's own [[Christian Church\|Christian community]]. == Summary == Line 19: # On the advantage we have when we endure evil while performing good; and on fasting and humiliation of body and soul. # On hearing the Scriptures, and when the Law is read before us. # On the ministry of the hidden and the revealed church (English trans. in {{cite book\|last=Murray\|title=Symbols}} and {{cite book\|last=Brock\|title=Syriac Fathers\|year=1988 \|url=https://archive.org/details/teachingofsyrian0000seba}}). # On the way of life of the upright. # On the upright and the perfect. Line 25: # On how a person grows as a result of the major commandments. # On the sufferings of our Lord, by which an example is provided for us. # On the tears of prayer (English trans. in {{cite book\|last=Brock\|title=Syriac Fathers\|year=1988 \|url=https://archive.org/details/teachingofsyrian0000seba}}). # On the distinguishing characteristics of the way of perfection. # On the hard steps on the way. Line 41: ==References== * {{cite book\|last=Brock\|first=Sebastian P\|pages=42–61\|chapter=The Book of Steps\|title=The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual Life\|publisher=Cistercian\|location=Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA\|series=Cistercian studies series 101\|isbn=0-87907-901-0\|authorlink=Sebastian Brock\|year=1987}} * {{Cite book\|last=Brock\|first=Sebastian P.\|authorlink=Sebastian P. Brock\|title=A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature\|year=1997\|location=Kottayam\|publisher=St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute\|isbn=978-1-61143-563-4 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZB1jAAAAMAAJ}} * {{cite book\|last=Guillaumont\|first=A\|year=1974\|series=Orientalia Christiana analecta 197\|title=Symposium Syriacum 1972\|chapter=Situation et signification du «Liber Graduum» dans la spiritualité syriaque\|language=French\|pages=311–325\|location=Rome\|publisher=Pontificalum Institutum Orientalium Studiorum}} * {{cite book\|title=The Book of Steps: The Syriac Liber Graduum\|first=RA\|last=Kitchen\|author2=MFG Parmentier\|series=Cistercian Studies 196\|publisher=Cistercian\|location=Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA\|year=2004}} Line 51: [[Category:4th-century books]] [[Category:4th-century Christian texts]] [[Category:Christianity in the Sasanian Empire]]