The desert fathers : translations from the Latin with an introduction /

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform title:	Vitae patrum. English.
Imprint:	London : Constable, 1936.
Description:	ix, 312 pages ; 20 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Saints. Hermits. Desert Fathers. Hermits. Saints. Desert Fathers. Religion.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13215470

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Other authors / contributors:	Waddell, Helen, 1889-1965.
Notes:	Added t.p. with historiated border. Translated from Rosweyde's 2d rev. ed. of the Vitae patrum, published in 1628. cf. Pref. Includes bibliographic notes. committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:	By the fourth century A.D., devout Christians--men and women alike--had begun to retreat from cities and villages to the deserts of North Africa and Asia Minor, where they sought liberation from their corrupt society and the confining shell of the social self. The Desert Fathers is the perfect introduction to the stories and sayings of these heroic pioneers of the contemplative tradition. Selected and translated by Helen Waddell, The Desert Fathers opens a window onto early Christianity while presenting us with touchingly human models of faith, humility, and compassion.
Other form:	Online version: Vitae patrum. English. Desert fathers. London, Constable, 1936 Online version: Vitae patrum. English. Desert fathers. London, Constable, 1936

Table of Contents:

The life of St. Paul the first hermit / St. Jerome
History of the monks of Egypt / translated from the Greek by Rufinus of Aquileia
The sayings of the fathers / translated from the Greek by Pelagius the Deacon and John the Subdeacon
The sayings of the fathers / from the Greek by an unknown translator
The sayings of the fathers / translated from the Greek by Paschasius the Deacon for the Abbot of Dumes
Of Accidie: Of mortification / Cassian of Marseilles
Fragments from the Paradisus of Palladius / from the Greek by an unknown translator
The Pratum spirituale of John Moschus / translated from the Greek by Ambrose of Camaldoli
The life of St. Pelagia the Harlot / James the Deacon, translated from the Greek by Eustochius
The life of St. Mary the Harlot / St. Ephraem of Edessa, translator unknown.

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