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Maximus the Confessor (Early Church Fathers)
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Excerpt - from Front Matter: " ... for this arrangement is twofold: first, practical, the brief chapters are intended to convey understanding of aspects of the monk's ascetic struggle (or of the Christian faith) in an arresting and assimilable fashion - they are to be read slowly and pondered, ... "

John Climacus: From the Egyptian Desert to the Sinaite Mountain
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Excerpt - on Page 59: " ... person, whose ultimate aim is to love God.54 This concept will be examined more closely in the chapter on the ascetic struggle. ... "

The Foundations of Christian Bioethics
The Foundations of Christian Bioethics by H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.
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Excerpt - on Page 98: " ... Kierkegaard reacts against the trans- formation of this secularized Christianity through a dialectic of doubt rather than an ascetic struggle. Within a post-Enlightenment society in which the miracles of Christ are no longer believable, he articulates his plea for faith ... "

Tradition and Theology in St John Cassian (Oxford Early Christian Studies)
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Excerpt - on Page 46: " ... People like Cassian are hard to classify satisfactorily according to such a scheme: they appear to insist on ascetic struggle, whilst acknowledging the need for 94 e.g. Stewart (1998): 25. ... "

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