The Lives of the Desert Fathers SVS Press in the ancient church's use

in the ancient church's use of scripture

it is an ideal introduction for modern readers with limited backgrounds in theology or church history

From early Christianity through the medieval periods

the story of Mary of Egypt was wildly popular

and no part of it is more Jewish than the Gospel of Matthew

The Lives of the Desert Fathers SVS Press in the ancient church's use"Sugg. Donation" In the year 394 seven monks from Palestine made a difficult journey through the Egyptian desert, drawn there by stories of remarkable men. What they found in the communities living far up the Nile Valley fully accorded with their expectations, and in the account written by one of their number we have a rare contemporary source of information about the lives of these Desert Fathers. The witness of the monks in the face of a corrupt and