An Introduction to the Desert Fathers

ISBN-13: 9781108481021 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 208 str.

John Wortley

Opis

An accessible guide to the lives and teaching of the earliest Christian monks, largely using their own words.

Recenzje

'… I commend and recommend this book to anyone interested in discovering more about the early desert monastics.' Tim Vivian, The American Benedictine Review

Spis treści

1. Desert Fathers; 2. Beginnings; 3. Becoming a monk; 4. Impediments to progress; 5. The object of the exercise; 6. Prayer; 7. Discretion; 8. Work; 9. Eating and drinking; 10. Hospitality and neighbourliness; 11. Women in the desert; 12. Literacy; 13. Heresy; 14. The Pachomian experiment.