An Introduction to the Desert Fathers (Cascade Companions)

By Jason Byassee

Book Overview

The desert fathers wanted to get away from a church co-opted by empire and a Christian faith grown cold and listless. They retreated to the desert to do battle against demons and against their own worst desires. They had no intention of being famous; yet ironically their Sayings have inspired millions of imitators over the centuries. This guide is meant to accompany a reading of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, in hopes that readers with lives quite different than those third- and fourth-century dwellers of the Egyptian desert might nevertheless come to imitate their lives of poverty, chastity, and obedience; and more importantly, that readers might grow more imaginative and passionate in their following of the same Lord.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597525308
• ISBN13: 9781597525305
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.1"