The Lives of the Desert Fathers: The Historia Monachorum in Aegypto, Paperback - Norman Russell

Reducere. Eyewitness accounts of the lives and teachings of the fourth-century Desert Fathers from the Historia monachorum in Aegypto.

Reducere. 'Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer ascetics were remembered and in the fourth century w...

Reducere. For nearly 2, 000 years, Christian mystics, martyrs, and sages have documented their search for the divine. Their writings have bestowed boundless ...

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Reducere. The wisdom of the desert fathers and mothers lies in their experiences of solitude, prayer, community life, work, and care for their neighbors. The...

Reducere. Help your child to identify desert animals through a coloring activity. Learning through coloring is one of the most effective means of information...

Reducere. "On the long road it's good to have Nouwen and his divining rod. Deftly he bends toward the drop of spiritual wisdom caked in the most ordinary thi...

The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. In contrast to the formalized ...

The life and wisdom of the desert fathers and mothers is not only retained in historical volumes, but has been a constant presence throughout the d...

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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 ...

Reducere. "As he was dying, Abba Benjamin taught his sons this: Do this, and you'll be saved: Rejoice always, pray constantly, and in all circumstances give ...

Reducere. In the fourth century, thousands of men and women fled into the Egyptian desert seeking to recapture the passion of the earliest Christians through...

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Reducere. By the fourth century A.D., devout Christians--men and women alike--had begun to retreat from cities and villages to the deserts of North Africa an...

Reducere. "Seek for meetings with holy men and women." These words from fifth-century bishop Palladius ring as true today as they did 1600 years ago. Palladi...

Reducere. Giorgio Vasari's biographical collection "The Lives of the Artists" is one of the most frequently cited art history books since the 16th century. I...

Reducere. An accessible introduction exploring how the earliest Christian monks lived and taught in the Egyptian deserts in the fourth to the seventh centuri...

Reducere. The early Christian monks of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine were the spiritual heroes of their age--fleeing the security of civilization for the deser...

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Reducere. The Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks of early history had deep insight into the nature and aspirations of humankind. Drawing on their experie...

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