The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Apophthegmata Patrum: The Alphabetic Collection Volume 59 / Edition 2

by Benedicta Ward, Anthony [bloom] of Sourzah

Overview

‘Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer ascetics were remembered and in the fourth century written down in Coptic, Syriac, Greek, and later Latin. TheirSayings were collected, in this case in the alphabetical order of the monks and nuns who uttered them, and read by generations of Christians as life-giving words that would help readers along the path to salvation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879079598
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	02/01/1975
Series:	Cistercian Studies , #59
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	312
Sales rank:	188,056
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Benedicta Ward (1933-2022) was a Reader in the History of Christian Spirituality at the University of Oxford. Her most recent book was Anselm of Canterbury: His Life and Legacy (SPCK 2009). She was a member of the Anglican monastic community of the Sisters of the Love of God.

Table of Contents

Contents
Preface   xiii
Foreword   xvii
Prologue   xxxv
ALPHA Anthony the Great   1
   Arsenius   9
   Agathon   20
   Ammonas   25
   Achilles   28
   Amtnoes   30
   Amoun of Nitria   31
   Anoub   32
   Abraham 33
   Ares   34
   Alonius   35 
   Appby   35
   Apollo  36
   Andrew   37
   Aio   37
   Ammonathas   37
BETA Basil the Great   39
   Bessarion   40
   Benjamin   43
   Biare   44
GAMMA Gregory the Theologian   45
   Gelasius   45
   Gerontius   50
DELTA Daniel   51
   Dioscorus   54
   Doulas   55
EPSILON Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus   56
   Ephrem   59 
   Eucharistus the Secular   60
   Eulogius the Priest   60
   Euprepius   61
   Helladius   62
   Evagrius   63
   Eudemon   64
DZÊTA Zeno   65
   Zacharias   67
ETA Isaiah   69
   Elias   70
   Heraclides    71
THETA Theodore of Pherme   73
   Theodore of Enaton   79
   Theodore of Scetis   79
   Theodore of Eleutheropolis   79
   Theonas   80
   Theophilus the Archbishop   80
   Theodora   82
IOTA John the Dwarf   85
   John the Cénobite   96
   Isidore the Priest   96
   Isidore of Pelusia   98
   Isaac, Priest of the Cells   99
   Joseph of Panephysis   101
   James   104
   Hierax   104
   John the Eunuch   105
   John of the Cells   105
   John of the Thebaid   106
   Isidore the Priest   106
   John the Persian   107
   John the Theban   109
   John, disciple of Abba Paul   109
   Isaac the Theban   109
   Joseph of Thebes   110
Hilarión   111
   Ischyrion   111
CAPPA Cassian   112
   Cronius   115
   Carton   116
   Copres   118
   Cyrus   118 
LAMBDA Lucius   120
   Lot   121
   Longinus   122
MU Macarius the Great   124
   Moses   138
   Matoes Mark, disciple of Abba Stlvanus   145
   Milesius   147
   Motius   148
   Megethius   149
   Mius   150
   Mark the Egyptian   150
   Macarius of Alexandria   151
NU Nilus   153
   Nisterus   154
   Nisterus the Cénobite   155
   Nicon   156
   Netras   156
   Nicetas   157
   XI Xoius   158
   Xanthias   159
OMICRON Olympius   160
   Orsisius   161
PI Poemen (called the Shepherd)   163
   Pambo   195
  Pistus   198
   Pior   199 
   Pityrion   200
   Pistamon   200
   Peter the Pionite 200
   Paphnutius   202
   Paul   204
   Paul the Barber   204
   Paul the Great   204
   Paul the Simple   205
   Peter of Dios   207
RHO An Abba of Rome   208
   Rufus   210
   Romanus   211
SIGMA Sisoes   212
   Silvanus   222
   Simon   224
   Sopatrus   225
   Sarmatas   225 
   Serapion   226
   Serinus   228
   Spyridon   228
   Saius   229
   Sarah   229
   Syncletica   230 
TAU Tithoes   236
   Timothy   237
PSILON Hyperechius   238
PHI Phocas   240
   Felix   242 
   Pbilagrius   242
   Phortas   243 
CHI Chômas   244
Chaeremon   244 
PSI Psenthaisius   245
OMEGA Or   246
Glossary   249
Chronological Table for Early Egyptian Monasticism   251
Select Bibliography   254
General Index   259 
Index of People and Places    265

Editorial Reviews

. . . the only English translation of the most complete version of the Apophthegmata Patrum, a compilation of sayings from the desert monks of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine in the fourth to sixth century, likely to be widely read and enjoyed for their own sake.
Choice


A delightful insight into the lives of ascetics who left all to follow Christ . . . a very readable translation of an important collection of sayings.
Sisters Today


. . . should be on the shelf of every library concentrating in spirituality.
Abba

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