1- Introduction

Many various and separate lectures were given at the Cathedral, St Mark’s hall at Anba Reweis and at Alexandria.. but remained unassembled under one topic.

Then we selected about twenty lectures to compile this book under the title “The Spiritual Man”.

Perhaps such a subject might cover the whole life and therefore includes all the spiritual lectures. However, in this book we wanted to talk to you about basics, which contain many details...

Each item of these details might need a special book.

Other subjects which relate to the Spiritual Man were covered by books previously issued such as . “The Life Of Faith”, “The Life Of Thanksgiving”, “Hope”, “Being With God”, “The Life Of Repentance And Purity”, “The Spiritual Wake” and “Holy Zeal”...  all here at St-Takla.org.

About the qualities of the Spiritual Man, I will try to issue books on them this year such as Love, Fruit of the Spirit, Fear of God, Humbleness, Meekness... also “The Spiritual Means” which must be followed by every spiritual person...

And other topics which might appear in Part two of this book.

However, in this book I wanted to talk about the basics, or some of these basics, leaving out what we previously published...

The book in your hands is the outcome of lectures, some of which were given in the sixties, some in the seventies and eighties... It was God’s will that they were assembled together from these years. Also, they were published in serial weekly articles in “Watany” newspaper. Then we compiled them in this book.

Here, they are published in a concise way. Perhaps some of these topics may be re-printed in a special book or booklet.