An introduction to the Desert Fathers

Desert Fathers -- Beginnings -- Becoming a monk -- Impediments to progress -- The object of the exercise -- Prayer -- Discretion -- Work -- Eating and drinking -- Hospitality and neighbourliness -- Women in the desert -- Literacy -- Heresy -- The Pachomian experiment.

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主要作者: Wortley, John 1934-2019 (Author)
格式: Print 圖書
語言:English
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出版: Cambridge New York Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press 2019
In:Year: 2019
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ägypten (古代) / 男修會 / 修行制度
B Antonius, Abbas 251-356 / Pachomius, Sanctus 290-346 / Ägypten (古代) / 修道院生活
Further subjects:B Desert Fathers
B Monasticism and religious orders (Egypt) History Early church, ca. 30-600
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總結:Desert Fathers -- Beginnings -- Becoming a monk -- Impediments to progress -- The object of the exercise -- Prayer -- Discretion -- Work -- Eating and drinking -- Hospitality and neighbourliness -- Women in the desert -- Literacy -- Heresy -- The Pachomian experiment.
"Christian monasticism emerged in the Egyptian deserts in the fourth century AD. This introduction explores its origins and subsequent development and what it aimed to achieve, including the obstacles that it encountered, for the most part making use of the monks' own words as they are preserved (in Greek) primarily in the so-called Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Mainly focussing on monastic settlements in the Nitrian desert (especially at Scêtê), it asks how the monks prayed, ate, drank and slept, as well as how they discharged their obligations both to earn their own living by handiwork and to exercise hospitality. It also discusses the monks' degree of literacy, as well as women in the desert and Pachomius and his monasteries in Upper Egypt. Written in straightforward language, the book is accessible to all students and scholars, and anyone with a general interest in this important and fascinating phenomenon"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 185-187
ISBN:1108703720