The desert fathers on monastic community

A study of the life and thought of the Christian monks of 4th- and 5th-century lower Egypt, whose views have been influential at many points in the subsequent history of Christianity. It suggests that they were able to combine their concern for solitude with a commitment to the value of community

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gould, Graham
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon 1993, 1993
Series:Oxford early Christian studies / Oxford early Christian studies
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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