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FollowingtheexampleofJesus’lifeofpoverty,service,andself-denial,theseearlymonksdevotedthemselvestovowsofausterity,prayer,andworkAlthough someoftheDesertFathersquotedinthecollectionarewellknown,TheDesertFathers:SayingsoftheEarlyChristianMonks.paper)subjects:lcsh:Desert Fathers–QuotationsPassionisdampeneddownbyhungerandworkandsolitudeIncontrasttotheformalisedandofficialtheologyoftheTheSayingsofthe DesertFathersQuotesShowingof“Evagriussaid,‘Awanderingmindisstrengthenedbyreading,andprayerButalltheseshouldbeatthepropertimesandin duemeasure”TheDesertFatherswerethefirstChristianmonks,livinginsolitudeinthedesertsofEgypt,Palestine,andSyriaSpirituallife–Christianity–Quotations,maxims,etcAngerisrepressedbypsalmodyandlong-sufferingandmercySpirituallife–Christianity–EarlyworkstoMonasticandreligiouslife–EarlyworkstoclassificationDesertFathersTheyhadverylittletosayaboutvisionsandwonders,andindeedrejectedthemoutrightTheirSayingswerecollected, inthiscaseinthealphabeticalorderofthemonksTheSayingsoftheDesertFathersQuotesShowingof“Evagriussaid,‘Awanderingmindisstrengthenedby reading,andprayer.LondonandNewYork,Penguin,pp.Ashesaidthis,heclosedhiseyesanddiedBenedictaWard(Translator),MetropolitanAnthony (Preface)`Givemeaword,Father',visitorstoearlydesertmonksaskedTheBlackwellDictionaryofEasternChristianityThelegalizationofChristianitybythe RomanEmpireingaveAnthonyagreaterresolvetogooutintothedesert'Go,sellallthatyouhaveandgivetothepoorandcomeidentifiers:lccnisbn(alkThe DesertFathersSayingsoftheEarlyChristianMonksFreedownloadasPDFFilepdf),TextFiletxt)orreadonlineforfree$ThedesertfathershaveTheSayings oftheDesertFathersisamongthemostvitalandengagingtextstoemergefromtheearlyChristianworldTheresponsesofthesepioneerasceticswere rememberedandinthefourthcenturywrittendowninCoptic,Syriac,Greek,andlaterLatinPassionisdampeneddownbyTheearliestChristianmonksinhabited thedesertlandoftheMiddleEaststartingattheendofthesecondcenturyAD.Knownasthe“DesertFathers”,theylefteverythinginsearchofknowingJesus ChristbymakingtheGospelsabsolutelyintegraltotheirdailylivesAnthonytheGreat,called'TheFatherofMonks'wasbornincentralEgyptaboutADthesonof peasantfarmerswhowereChristianIncontrasttotheformalizedandofficialtheologyofthe"foundingfathers"oftheChurch,theywereordinaryChristianswho chosetorenouncetheworldandlivelivesofcelibacy,fasting,vigil,prayer,andpovertyindirectandsimpleresponsetothegospelDesertFathers,earlyChristian hermitswhosepracticeofasceticismintheEgyptiandesert,beginninginthe3rdcentury,formedthebasisofChristianmonasticismIncheheardtheGospelread inchurchandappliedtohimselfthewordsTranslatedbyBenedictaWardAncientChristiandesertfathersTheAlphabeticalSayings(Ward)listthesayingsof DesertFathersandDesertMothersItwasimmenselypopularamongtheearlymonks,whoBytheendofthefifthcentury,apatternhademergedamongearly ChristiancommunitiesinEgyptandtheMiddleEastofmenandwomenleavingtheircities,towns,andvillagesDesertFathers,earlyChristianhermitswhose practiceofasceticismintheEgyptiandesert,beginninginthe3rdcentury,formedthebasisofChristianmonasticismTheDesertFatherswerethefirstChristian monks,livinginsolitudeinthedesertsofEgypt,Palestine,andSyriaMonasticandreligiouslife–Quotations,maxims,etc