The Desert Fathers : sayings of the early Christian monks
2003
Book
The desert fathers provided the inspiration for Christian spirituality throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. The men and women who first embraced the life of solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine and Syria were seldom clerics or scholars. Yet these uneducated peasants, shepherds, itinerant traders, former slaves and prostitutes soon attracted so many followers they were said to have turned the desert into a city. From the fourth century onwards, along with biographies and full-length treatises, their reflections were brought together and widely circulated. Powerful and moving in their depth of religious conviction and wholehearted, even joyful, commitment to poverty, simplicity and humility, the Sayings directly influenced the Rule of St Benedict, and set the pattern for Western monasticism.
Main title:
The Desert Fathers : sayings of the early Christian monks / translated and with an introduction by Benedicta Ward.
Author:
Ward, Benedicta, 1933-, translator, writer of introduction
Imprint:
London, England : Penguin Books, 2003.©2003
Collation:
xxviii, 201 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [xxvi]-xxviii).Translated from the Latin.
ISBN:
0140447318 (pbk)9780140447316 (paperback)
Dewey class:
248.2
Language:
EnglishLatin
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Subject:
BRN:
144507
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Society | SOCIETY 248.2 DESE | Available |