The way of life of the fourth-century Desert Fathers, with its emphasis on solitude, silence and unceasing prayer, has inspired many modern spiritual writers. Why do the Desert Fathers have so much to say to us? To answer this question, Sister Benedicta presents some of the best and most illuminating stories and sayings from the desert. Readers will find spiritual wisdom, along with sharp humour and startling insight into human nature.

The Desert of the Heart: Daily Readings with the Desert Fathers (Enfolded in Love Series)

Benedicta Ward

Christian Books & Bibles

Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd.

Beauty consuming itself like incense burnt before God in solitude: these stories of penitent women from the fourth- century egyptian desert fascinated Christians in antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages.

Harlots of the Desert: Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources (Cistercian Studies Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Fairacres Publications

In Company with Christ

SPCK Publishing

Desert of the Heart: Daily Readings with the Desert Fathers

Fairacres Publications SLG Press

<p>The author examines the theory of miracles, derived from Augustine, that prevailed throughout the Middle Ages, and discusses representative traditional shrines, the miracles with which they were associated, and the growing shift toward popular devotion in this period. Comprehensive, accessible, and thoroughly documented, this is a major sourcebook for medievalists.</p>

Miracles and the Medieval Mind: Theory, Record, and Event, 1000-1215 (Middle Ages)

University of Pennsylvania Press

<p>Beauty consuming itself like incense burnt before God in solitude: these stories of penitent women from the fourth- century egyptian desert fascinated Christians in antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages.</p>

Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources (Cistercian Studies Series, 106) (Volume 106)

History

World

Cistercian Publications

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