John Climax
John Climax (born c. 525, died 600AD), ascetic and mystic, also called Scholasticus and Sinaites. After having spent forty years in a cave at the foot of Mount Sinai, he became abbot of the monastery there. His life has been written down by Daniel, a monk belonging to the monastery of Raithu, on the Red Sea. He derives his name Climax (or Climacus) from his work of the same name (KXi-uct-roi- IIapa-tcou, Ladder to Paradise), in thirty sections, corresponding to the thirty years of the life of Christ. It is written in a simple and popular style. The first part treats of the vices that hinder the attainment of holiness, the second of the virtues of a Christian.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
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