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The Book of the Elders: Sayings of the Desert Fathers The Systematic Collection by

Cistercian Studies

The Book of the Elders: Sayings of the Desert Fathers The Systematic Collection

with John Wortley (Translator)

463 pages hardcover

2 editions

nonfiction history religion reflective slow-paced
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In the early part of the fourth century, a few Christians, mostly men and some women, began to withdraw from "the world" to retreat into the desert, there to practice their new religion more seriously. The person who aspired to "renounce the world...

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