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An Introduction To The Desert Fathers
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Author : John Wortley
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-06-06
An Introduction To The Desert Fathers written by John Wortley and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-06 with History categories.
An accessible guide to the lives and teaching of the earliest Christian monks, largely using their own words.
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Author : Jason Byassee
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2007-08-15
An Introduction To The Desert Fathers written by Jason Byassee and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-15 with Religion categories.
The desert fathers wanted to get away from a church co-opted by empire and a Christian faith grown cold and listless. They retreated to the desert to do battle against demons and against their own worst desires. They had no intention of being famous; yet ironically their Sayings have inspired millions of imitators over the centuries. This guide is meant to accompany a reading of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, in hopes that readers with lives quite different than those third- and fourth-century dwellers of the Egyptian desert might nevertheless come to imitate their lives of poverty, chastity, and obedience; and more importantly, that readers might grow more imaginative and passionate in their following of the same Lord.
The Desert Fathers
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Author : Helen Waddell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
The Desert Fathers written by Helen Waddell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with Christian biography categories.
In The Heart Of The Desert
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Author : John Chryssavgis
language : en
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
Release Date : 2008
In The Heart Of The Desert written by John Chryssavgis and has been published by World Wisdom, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Religion categories.
Father John's inspiring introduction to the spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers brings their words to life for the modern reader. These key figures of the early church chose lives of hardship and solitude, where they could point their hearts away from the outward world and toward an introspective path of God's calling in a deliberate and individual way. Contains a Foreword by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, the second highest ranking Orthodox Bishop in England.
The Desert Fathers
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language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2003-03-27
The Desert Fathers written by and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-27 with Religion categories.
The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. In contrast to the formalised and official theology of the "founding fathers" of the church, the Desert Fathers were ordinary Christians who chose to renounce the world and live lives of celibacy, fasting, vigil, prayer and poverty in direct and simple response to the gospel. Their sayings were first recorded in the 4th century and consist of spiritual advice, anecdotes and parables. The Desert Fathers' teachings and lives have inspired poetry, opera and art, as well as providing spiritual nourishment and a template for monastic life.
The World Of The Desert Fathers
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Author : The Desert Fathers
language : en
Publisher: SLG Press
Release Date : 1986
The World Of The Desert Fathers written by The Desert Fathers and has been published by SLG Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Religion categories.
Fairacres Publications 95 These stories and sayings of the Desert Fathers, in a translation by Columba Stewart, give insights into a tradition where words have a resonance beyond their surface meaning. They are intended to lead the reader further along the way of Christ. Columba Stewart provides an introduction to each section to help us understand the world of the early monks.
Desert Christians
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Author : William Harmless
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2004-06-17
Desert Christians written by William Harmless and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-17 with Religion categories.
In the fourth century, the deserts of Egypt became the nerve center of a radical new movement, what we now call monasticism. Groups of Christians-from illiterate peasants to learned intellectuals-moved out to the wastelands beyond the Nile Valley and, in the famous words of Saint Athanasius, made the desert a city. In so doing, they captured the imagination of the ancient world. They forged techniques of prayer and asceticism, of discipleship and spiritual direction, that have remained central to Christianity ever since. Seeking to map the soul's long journey to God and plot out the subtle vagaries of the human heart, they created and inspired texts that became classics of Western spirituality. These Desert Christians were also brilliant storytellers, some of Christianity's finest. This book introduces the literature of early monasticism. It examines all the best-known works, including Athanasius' Life of Antony, the Lives of Pachomius, and the so-called Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Later chapters focus on two pioneers of monastic theology: Evagrius Ponticus, the first great theoretician of Christian mysticism; and John Cassian, who brought Egyptian monasticism to the Latin West. Along the way, readers are introduced to path-breaking discoveries-to new texts and recent archeological finds-that have revolutionized contemporary scholarship on monastic origins. Included are fascinating snippets from papyri and from little-known Coptic, Syriac, and Ethiopic texts. Interspersed in each chapter are illustrations, maps, and diagrams that help readers sort through the key texts and the richly-textured world of early monasticism. Geared to a wide audience and written in clear, jargon-free prose, Desert Christians offers the most comprehensive and accessible introduction to early monasticism.
The Desert Fathers
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Author : Peter H. Gorg
language : en
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Release Date : 2011-08-12
The Desert Fathers written by Peter H. Gorg and has been published by Ignatius Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-12 with Religion categories.
In the late third century, more and more people withdrew to the radical seclusion of the desert so as to live entirely for God under the direction of a spiritual father. Among these "Desert Fathers" one figure is especially preeminent: Saint Anthony the Hermit. This book takes the reader back to the hour when monasticism was born and describes the life of those revolutionary Christians who sought God in the Egyptian desert. The focus of the book is the life and work of Saint Anthony, whose experiences of the spiritual life have a timeless beauty and validity, even for those not called to live as a monk. The second half of the book presents other Desert Fathers, such as Paul of Thebes, Pachomius, and Simeon Stylites, as well as the great founders of the monastic communities in Western Europe who were inspired by them: John Cassian, Columban, and Benedict, for example. "The monk's self-denial begins radically in precisely those departments of life which have perennially seemed to be the most important: ownership, self-determination and sexuality. At the same time those who admonish so uncomfortably become the salt that lends Christianity its original flavor. . . . Just as the saints are God's specific answer to the needs of a given time, so too are the religious orders that have been founded over the course of the centuries." - Peter Görg
The Wisdom Of The Desert Fathers Systematic Sayings From The Anonymous Series Of The Apophthegmata Patrum
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Author : Sister Benedicta Ward SLG
language : en
Publisher: SLG Press
Release Date : 2011-07-07
The Wisdom Of The Desert Fathers Systematic Sayings From The Anonymous Series Of The Apophthegmata Patrum written by Sister Benedicta Ward SLG and has been published by SLG Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-07 with Religion categories.
Sister Benedicta notes in her Introduction that ‘the virtues and obligations inherent in the gospel for all are presented in the literature of the desert in stark and vivid colours, like a poster in their clarity’. In this collection of Sayings from the desert tradition arranged under subject headings, the monks and nuns of fourth-century Egypt show us that the spirituality of the desert is for everyone. Their teaching speaks to any who follow the way of Christ; it is concerned more with action and behaviour than with mystical experience, with compassion, forbearance, self-knowledge and facing inner conflict.
An Introduction To The Desert Fathers
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Author : Jason Byassee
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2007-08-15
An Introduction To The Desert Fathers written by Jason Byassee and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-15 with Religion categories.
The desert fathers wanted to get away from a church co-opted by empire and a Christian faith grown cold and listless. They retreated to the desert to do battle against demons and against their own worst desires. They had no intention of being famous; yet ironically their Sayings have inspired millions of imitators over the centuries. This guide is meant to accompany a reading of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, in hopes that readers with lives quite different than those third- and fourth-century dwellers of the Egyptian desert might nevertheless come to imitate their lives of poverty, chastity, and obedience; and more importantly, that readers might grow more imaginative and passionate in their following of the same Lord.