Sayings of the Desert Fathers - The Alphabetical Collection

'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 in Coptic, Syriac, Greek, and later Latin. Their Sayings were collected, in this case in the alphabetical order of the monks and nuns who uttered them, and read by generations of Christians as life-giving words that would help readers along the path to salvation.

Summary

`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 in Coptic, Syriac, Greek, and later Latin. Their Sayings were collected and read by generations of Christians as life-giving words that would help readers along the path to salvation.

Product details

• Assisted by: Benedicta Ward (Translation)
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1975
• EAN: 9780879079598
• ISBN: 978-0-87907-959-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 414 g
• Series: Cistercian Studies; Cistercian Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works