The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
the apophthegmata patrum
$41.19
- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
1 February 1975
Summary
Wisdom of the Desert: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
‘Give me a word, Father’, visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer ascetics were remembered and in the fourth century written down in Coptic, Syriac, Greek, and later Latin. Their Sayings were collected, in this case in the alphabetical order of the monks and nuns who uttered them, and read by generations of Christians as life-giving words that would help readers along the path to salvation.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780879079598 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0879079592 |
| Series: | Cistercian Studies Series |
| Author: | Benedicta Ward, SLG, Anthony [Bloom] of Sourzah |
| Publisher: | Liturgical Press |
| Imprint: | Liturgical Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 1975 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 16mm |
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… the only English translation of the most complete version of the Apophthegmata Patrum, a compilation of sayings from the desert monks of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine in the fourth to sixth century, likely to be widely read and enjoyed for their own sake.Choice A delightful insight into the lives of ascetics who left all to follow Christ … a very readable translation of an important collection of sayings.Sisters Today … should be on the shelf of every library concentrating in spirituality.Abba
About The Author
Benedicta Ward, SLG
Benedicta Ward is Reader in the History of Christian Spirituality in the University of Oxford. Her most recent book is Anselm of Canterbury: His Life and Legacy (SPCK 2009). She is a member of the Anglican monastic community of the Sisters of the Love of God.
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