An Introduction to the Desert Fathers
Autor: | Byassee, Jason |
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EAN: | 9781498210379 |
Sachgruppe: | Religion/Theologie |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 130 |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 15.08.2007 |
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The desert fathers wanted to get away from a church co-opted by empire and a Christian faith grown cold and listless. They retreated to the desert to do battle against demons and against their own worst desires. They had no intention of being famous; yet ironically their Sayings have inspired millions of imitators over the centuries. This guide is meant to accompany a reading of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, in hopes that readers with lives quite different than those third- and fourth-century dwellers of the Egyptian desert might nevertheless come to imitate their lives of poverty, chastity, and obedience; and more importantly, that readers might grow more imaginative and passionate in their following of the same Lord.