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Introduction To The Desert Fathers

by Canada) John Wortley (university Of Manitoba

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

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For those interested in early Christian history and spirituality

Explains the transformation from solitude to community in monastic life

You will gain wisdom from the teachings of the Desert Fathers

This book offers insights into the lives of early Christian monks in the Egyptian deserts.

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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.
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  • Title

    Introduction To The Desert Fathers

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 2019

  • Weight

    409g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9781108481021

  • ISBN-10

    1108481027

  • Eden Code

    4979404