An Introduction To The Desert Fathers
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Word Count
32,500 words, Guess
Page Count
130 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101597525308
- ISBN-139781597525305
- OCLC Control Number172965623
- Better World Books9781597525305
- Open LibraryOL26053485M
Classifications
- LCCBV4832.3 .B90 2007
Description
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.
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