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Bezig met laden... The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (origineel 1975; editie 1984)door Benedicta Ward (Vertaler), Metropolitan Anthony (Voorwoord), Benedicta Ward (Voorwoord)
Informatie over het werkThe Sayings of the Desert Fathers door Benedicta Ward (Translator) (1975)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Best of the early Christian writings. As far as I'm concern these should be in the canon. Mandatory for anyone even remotely interested in the early church, monasticism, as well as those who want to mature their faith. ( ) > A. Guillaumont. J.-C. Guy. Paroles des anciens. Apophtegmes des Pères du désert ; B. Ward. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers ; L. Regnault. Les sentences des Pères du désert, III ; J. G. Freire. Commonitiones Sanctorum Patrum. In: Revue de l'histoire des religions, tome 194, n°2, 1978. pp. 204-206. … ; (en ligne), URL : https://www.persee.fr/doc/rhr_0035-1423_1978_num_194_2_6788 Wonderful collection of the sayings of the Desert Fathers (and Mothers). The 'Sayings' are arranged topically. The material included in this volume include parables, stories, legends, wise sayings, dialogues and visions. The diversity of the material is matched only by the diversity of the desert monks themselves. Some of them are cranky and legalistic people. Others are graceful but strange, and some are friendly and hospitable. There is a lot in this volume that is thought provoking about the life of prayer. I think if you read it, you would definitely find something to enjoy about these strange saints. The wisdom that is in these sayings is profound and well worth delving into. The sayings of mostly Desert Fathers, with some Mothers are arranged alphabetically and though short in content, they give us much food for thought. Many sayings are counter to our earthly wisdom. Take one from Amma Theodora who said that “neither aestheticism, nor vigils nor any kind of suffering are able to save, only true humility can do that. There was an anchorite who was able to banish the demons; and he asked them, ‘What makes you go away? Is it fasting?’ They replied, "We do not eat or drink." ‘Is it vigils?’ they replied, “We do not sleep.” ‘Is it separation from the world?’ ‘We live in the deserts.’ “What power sends you away then?” They said, ‘Nothing can overcome us, but only humility.’ Do you see how humility is victorious over the demons?” geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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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. TheirSayings 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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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