Author:Pope Shenouda IIIPublisher:Theological College in Abbassia CairoPublish Year:1992Pages:193Categories:Spiritual Life and VirtuesDescription:H.H. Pope Shenouda III emphasizes in his book The Spiritual Man that life with God is not merely
outward practices but a living heart connection, noting in the introduction that the spiritual man's topic covers fundamentals involving many details of life. The book explores in a cohesive text the spiritual man's qualities as God's image in holiness, authority, strength, success, and humility, the necessity of making God first in interests, obedience, and time, focusing on depth in prayer, giving, service, worship, repentance, faith, and personality, explaining that the spiritual man's heart must be with God in purity and simplicity, concluding that the spiritual man is strong in spirit, grace, endurance, self-control, word, and service. The author concludes by hoping that reading establishes spiritual principles for the believer to follow in life.