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The desert fathers on monastic community / Graham Gould.
LIBRA BX2465 .G68 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gould, Graham.
- Series:
- Oxford early Christian studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monastic and religious life--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Monastic and religious life.
- History.
- Apophthegmata Patrum.
- Egypt--Religion--332 B.C.-640 A.D.
- Egypt.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 202 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1993]
- Summary:
- This study examines the life and thought of the Christian monks of fourth- and fifth-century lower Egypt. It is based on the collections of their sayings and stories which were compiled in the late fifth century, known collectively as the Apopthegmata Patrum, which reveal the Desert Fathers' deep concern with the nature of the monastic community which they formed and the problems which might affect relationships between its members. This study reveals the value that the Desert Fathers placed on community as an integral part of their monastic ideal, and shows that they rarely regarded solitude as a way of life to be pursued at the expense of community.
- Notes:
- Revision of thesis (doctoral)--Cambridge University.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0198263457
- OCLC:
- 26546974
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