The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian

Name: The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian
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By Niketas Stethatos

Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library

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The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian by Niketas Stethatos is a detailed biography of one of Byzantium's most influential mystics. It explores Symeon's spiritual journey, his teachings on the inner life and divine illumination, and his profound influence on Orthodox Christian theology. This work reveals the saint's dedication and struggles within the monastic community, highlighting his mystical experiences and his role in shaping Eastern Christian thought.
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The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian

The Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic leader Symeon the New Theologian is considered a saint by the Orthodox Church. The Life was written more than 30 years after Symeon’s death by his disciple and apologist Niketas Stethatos. This translation, based on an authoritative Greek edition, makes it accessible to English readers for the first time.

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Today the Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic leader Symeon the New Theologian (ca. 949 to 1022 CE) is considered a saint by the Orthodox Church and revered as one of its most influential spiritual thinkers. But in his own time, a cloud of controversy surrounded him, and the suspicion of heresy tainted his reputation long afterward.

The Life was written more than thirty years after Symeon's death by his disciple and apologist, the theologian Niketas Stethatos, who also edited all of Symeon's spiritual writings. An unusually valuable piece of Byzantine hagiography, it not only presents compelling descriptions of Symeon's visions, mystical inspiration, and role as a monastic founder, but also provides vivid glimpses into the often bitter and unpleasantly conflicted politics of monasticism and the construction of sanctity and orthodoxy at the zenith of the medieval Byzantine Empire.

Although the many volumes of Symeon's spiritual writings are now readily available in English, the present translation makes the Life accessible to English readers for the first time. It is based on an authoritative edition of the Greek.