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An Introduction to the Desert Fathers
Jason Byassee
出版Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2007-08-15
主題Religion / Christian Life / Social IssuesReligion / Christian Church / GeneralReligion / Christian Theology / General
ISBN15975253089781597525305
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QYVLAwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.