An Introduction to the Desert Fathers - Jason Byassee
| Автор: | Jason Byassee |
| Издательство: | Ingram |
| Серия: | Cascade Companions |
| Жанр произведения: | Религия: прочее |
| Год издания: | 0 |
| isbn: | 9781621892922 |
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.