St Symeon the New Theologian and Orthodox Tradition - Hilarion Alfeyev - Bog

A study of the mystical nature of tradition, and the traditional nature of mysticism, and of St Symeon as both a highly personal and very traditional ecclesiastical writer. This book examines St Symeon's attitude to Scripture and to church worship, his relations with his spiritual father, Symeon the Studite, and the Studite tradition in general.