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020			_a0140447318 _q(paperback)
020			_a9780140447316 _q(paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)53032761 _z(OCoLC)51272323 _z(OCoLC)52145130 _z(OCoLC)59368182
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm53032761
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041	1		_aeng _hlat
082	0	4	_a248.47 _223
130	0		_aVitae patrum. _lEnglish
245	1	4	_aThe Desert Fathers : _bsayings of the early Christian monks / _ctranslated and with an introduction by Benedicta Ward.
300			_axxxiii, 201 pages ; _c20 cm.
490	1		_aPenguin classics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages xxvi-xxviii).
505	0	0	_aProgress in Perfection -- Quiet -- Compunction -- Self-Control -- Lust -- Possessing Nothing -- Fortitude -- Nothing Done for Show -- Non-Judgement -- Discretion -- Sober Living -- Unceasing Prayer -- Hospitality -- Obedience -- Humility -- Patience -- Charity -- Visions.
520	1		_a"The desert fathers provided the inspiration for Christian spirituality throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. The men and women who first embraced the life of solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine and Syria were seldom clerics or scholars. Yet these uneducated peasants, shepherds, itinerant traders, former slaves and prostitutes soon attracted so many followers they were said to have turned the desert into a city. From the fourth century onwards, along with biographies and full-length treatises, their reflections were brought together and widely circulated. Powerful and moving in their depth of religious conviction and wholehearted, even joyful, commitment to poverty, simplicity and humility, the sayings directly influenced the Rule of Saint Benedict, and set the pattern for Western monasticism." "This edition makes freshly accessible the most influential Latin collection of sayings. The new English translations follow the original Latin organization around themes important to the monks, such as charity, fortitude, lust, patience, prayer, self-control and visions."--Jacket.
546			_aTranslated from the Greek.
650		0	_aDesert Fathers.
650		0	_aSpiritual life _xChristianity.
650		0	_aMonastic and religious life _zMiddle East _vEarly works to 1800.
650		0	_aChristian life _vEarly works to 1800 _xHistory.
700	1		_aWard, Benedicta, _d1933-
830		0	_aPenguin classics.
942			_2ddc _cE-BOOK
999			_c46296 _d46296