It is an allegory of a Christian devotional life from salvation through maturity.
He was initiated early in life into a devotional life.
His letters, hundreds of which survive, are frequently used as a guide in the devotional life.
The whole point of a "devotional life" is connecting with God.
The books were intended for regular use, by lay people, who wished to structure their devotional life.
The meaning of these grades is only a desire for a more devotional life, not for higher status.
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by being completely honest, even if you feel your devotional life is in a mess.
Our third aim is, by these constructions, to destroy the devotional life.
Yinxi gave himself over to a full-time devotional life.
This was distributed across the whole of Europe, and had a powerful effect on the devotional life of late medieval period.