Ebook {Epub PDF} The Desert Fathers by Helen Waddell

Title: The Desert Fathers [Helen Waddell] By: Helen Waddell, ed. trans. Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Vendor: Penguin Random House Publication Date: Dimensions: 8 X 5 1/4 X 5/8 (inches) Weight: 8 ounces ISBN: ISBN Series: Vintage Spiritual Classics Stock No: WWBrand: Penguin Random House. 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 Cited by: The desert fathers; translations from the Latin with an introduction Waddell, Helen, Publication date Topics History, Medieval, Religion - Church History, Biography/Autobiography, Christianity - History - General, Religion / General, Hermits, Saints, Christian saints, Christian biography, Desert Fathers, Spiritual lifeUser Interaction Count:

An Introduction to The Desert Fathers My intention here is to introduce you to some men who lived in a very different era, in a very culture, but who loved and served the same Lord we follow with extraordinary zeal. We have much to gain from reading about these men who became known as the "Desert Fathers.". Waddell, Helen. The Desert Fathers. ISBN ; Ward, Benedicta (translator). The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks. ISBN ; Ward, Benedicta. Discernment in the Desert Fathers: Diakrisis in the Life and Thought of Early Egyptian Monasticism. ISBN ; Ward, Benedicta (translator). The Sayings of the. The original of these translations is the Latin of the Vitae Patrum, a vast collection of the lives and sayings of the Desert Fathers, edited by the learned Rosweyde, and printed at the Plantin press in Antwerp in The original ran to pages. These extracts assembled by Helen Waddell are among the best. Softcover, Pgs.

Helen Waddell. Quotes. Showing of 3. “The truth is that solitude is the creative condition of genius, religious or secular, and the ultimate sterilising of it. No human soul can long ignore "the giant agony of the world" and live, except indeed the mollusc life, a barnacle upon eternity.”. ― Helen Waddell, The Desert Fathers. Waddell, Helen. The Desert Fathers. ISBN ; Ward, Benedicta (translator). The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks. ISBN ; Ward, Benedicta. Discernment in the Desert Fathers: Diakrisis in the Life and Thought of Early Egyptian Monasticism. ISBN ; Ward, Benedicta (translator). The Sayings of the. 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.