The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Apophthegmata Patrum: The Alphabetic Collection Volume 59 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780879079598)

'Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer ascetics were remembered and in the fourth century written down in Coptic, Syriac, Greek, and later Latin. Their Sayings were collected, in this case in the alphabetical order of the monks and nuns who uttered them, and read by generations of Christians as life-giving words that would help readers along the path to salvation.

Author: Benedicta Ward
ISBN-10: 0879079592
ISBN-13: 9780879079598
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/1975
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.52w x 0.66d