An Introduction to the Desert Fathers by John Wortley

An Introduction to the Desert Fathers

John Wortley

208 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative medium-paced
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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 u...

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