Desert Fathers and Mothers PDF book is popular Religion book written by Christine Valters Paintner. The book was released by SkyLight Paths Publishing on 2012 with total hardcover pages 183. Fast download link is given in this page, you could read Desert Fathers and Mothers by Christine Valters Paintner in PDF, epub and kindle directly from your devices.
Timeless and contemplative sayings from the earliest Christian sages of desert spirituality can be a companion on your own spiritual journey. The desert fathers
The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. In contrast to the formalised and official
`Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer ascetics were remembered and in the fourth century written down i
"The ascetics of Scete and the Thebaid in the Egyptian Desert have been more often admired than known or understood. Translations by such scholars as Helen Wadd
"Introduces the reader to the lives, sayings, and stories of the fourth- and fifth-century women who were foundational members of the early Christian community