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Introduction To The Desert Fathers

Name: Introduction To The Desert Fathers
Price: 23.83 GBP
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Author: Canada) John Wortley (university Of Manitoba
ISBN: 9781108703727

by Canada) John Wortley (university Of Manitoba

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208 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
15 x 22.7 x 1.3 cm

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For Christians seeking spiritual wisdom from early monks

Unlocks the rich history of monastic life in the deserts

You will deepen your faith through their timeless teachings

Discover the inspiring lives and teachings of the Desert Fathers.

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Equipping you for life's journey with Jesus:

Now a team of 60 – we've been serving the Church since 2004
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An accessible introduction exploring how the earliest Christian monks lived and taught in the Egyptian deserts in the fourth to the seventh centuries AD, using their own tales and sayings. Shows the gradual transformation of their essentially solitary existence into communal co-existence which defined the monasteries of the Middle Ages.