The Desert Fathers: Sayings Of The Early Christian Monks (Penguin Classics) -

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Penguin Classics, 2003-07-29. Revised. paperback. Used: Good.

Penguin Classics, 2003-07-29. Revised. paperback. Used:Good.

Penguin Classics, August 2003. Paper Back. New. This translation of the <i>Vitae Patrum</i> has it all: comical stories, thwarted demons, sagacious aphorisms, and hard truths. Open the book at random and you'll find a pearl some fourth century monk sold all for and spent a lifetime seeking. Take Bessarion here, who on his deathbed said, ''A monk ought to be like the Cherubim and Seraphim, all eye.'' The pervasive and lasting influence these bands of men and women who forsook the world in the deserts of Egypt and the Middle East have had on Christianity and Christians would be difficult to overstate. Whether you come out agreeing with their methods, their theology or their practices, no contemplative or questing soul can avoid wrestling with these teachings. At the very least we are sharpened by them, for how else but by their example do we learn the potential depth of ''watchfulness'' and ''discernment,'' or accurately measure our own… Read More

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London: Penguin Books, 2003. Paperback. Good. 201p. Ex-library softcover book in original binding. Label residue on spine, stamp on title page, but otherwise a clean, tight, unmarked book in very good condition.

Penguin Classics, 2003. Paperback. New. revised ed edition. 240 pages. Multilingual language. 7.75x5.25x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. The Desert Fathers' teachings and lives have inspired poetry, opera and art, as well as providing spiritual nourishment and a template for monastic life.