The sayings of the desert fathers books of the coptic orthodox. Name of the translator sister benedicta ward the sayings of the. The desert fathers along with desert mothers were early christian hermits, ascetics, and. His regulations included discipline, obedience, manual labour, silence, fasting, and long periods of.
Printed and bound in the united kingdom by the mpg books group. Te deserts of the east the great syrian desert from. Scetis to see abba moses, a former bandit who became a famous hermit. The lives of the desert fathers, the histoy of the monks in egypt, trans. A father at kellia had fourteen books of the bible. Their common theme is that the desert fathers and mothers can speak to us today.
One of the best christian books i have ever read and continue to read as it is not the. Pdf on dec 31, 2012, john wortley and others published prayer and the desert fathers find, read and cite all the research you. In our times, ephraim devoted a chapter of one of his books this regard. The alphabetical collection by benedicta ward online at alibris.