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Becoming fire : through the year with the desert fathers and mothers / edited by Tim Vivian ; translations by Tim Vivian, with Apostolos N. Athanassakis, John Eudes Bamberger, OCSO, John Chryssavgis, Luke Dysinger, OSB, John Anthony McGuckin, Maged S. A. Mikhail, Birger A. Pearson, Pachomios (Robert) Penkett, Norman Russell, Armand Veilleux, OCSO, and John Wortley ; foreword by Hank Webb ; preface by Tim Vivian ; epilogue by The Rev. Dr. Michael Plekon.
Van Pelt Library BR195.C5 B4313 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cistercian studies series ; no. 300.
- Cistercian studies series ; number 300
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apophthegmata Patrum.
- Desert Fathers.
- Desert Fathers--Quotations.
- Church year meditations.
- Spiritual life--Christianity--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Spiritual life.
- Spiritual life--Christianity--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Coptic fathers of the church--Quotations.
- Coptic fathers of the church.
- Devotional calendars.
- devotional calendars.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiii, 482 pages; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- New and Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Cistercian Publications ; Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "In this revised edition of Becoming Fire: Through the Year with the Desert Fathers and Mothers, Tim Vivian arranges the sayings of the desert monks of the fifth and sixth centuries in short daily readings. This volume provides sayings and stories for each day of the year to use for lectio divina; saints and revered persons from the Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Episcopalian traditions; sayings from the Philokalia and the fourth-fifth century monastic writers Neilos of Ancyra and Hyperechios, among others"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and sources
- January/Christmastide/Epiphany
- February/Epiphany
- March/Lent
- April/Lent/Easter/Eastertide
- May//Lent/Eastertide/Pentecost/Ordinary time
- June/Pentecost/Ordinary time
- July/Pentecost/Ordinary time
- August/Pentecost/Ordinary time
- September/Pentecost/Ordinary time
- October/Pentecost/Ordinary time
- November/Pentecost/Ordinary time
- December/Advent/Christmas/Christmastide
- Epilogue
- Calendar with Sources
- Glossary
- Translators and contributors
- General index
- Scripture index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Becoming fire.
- ISBN:
- 9780879073435
- 0879073438
- OCLC:
- 1442196930
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