The Ladder of Divine Ascent
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent or Ladder of Paradise (Κλῖμαξ [Klimax]; Scala or Climax Paradisi) is an important ascetical treatise for monasticism in Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism, written by John Climacus in c. 600 AD at Saint Catherine's Monastery; it was requested by John, Abbot of the Raithu monastery.