An Introduction to the Desert Fathers

von Jason Byassee

130 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Cascade Companions
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Religion, allgemein Geschichte der Religion
• ISBN: 9781498210379
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.08.2007
• Größe: 209 x 132 mm
• Verlag: Cascade Books