Seeking a Purer Christian Life: Sayings and Stories of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

Type

Book

Authors

Keith Beasley-Topliffe

ISBN 10

0835809021

ISBN 13

9780835809023

Tags

Quotations Fathers Spiritual Life

Description

In the third, fourth, and fifth centuries, thousands of men and women moved into the deserts of Egypt and Syria to seek a simple way of living. These desert dwellers wrote little, yet others told stories about them and wrote down their teachings. These sayings about prayer, spiritual disciplines, and living in community spread throughout the Christian world and became the foundation of monasticism.

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