Christian Spirituality, ch 15: An Invitation to St Antony and the Desert Fathers

In this chapter, I turn from the age of Tertullian forward a century to the rise of the monastic movement and the world of St Antony the Great and the Desert Fathers of Egypt. What is it that makes a monk? What characterises the spirituality of the desert? What does singlemindedness look like? How are we meant to read the "Sayings" of the Desert Fathers?
My course on the history of monasticism: davenanthall.c...
Bibliography
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection. Trans. Benedicta Ward. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1975.
Athanasius of Alexandria. The Life of Antony: The Coptic Life and the Greek Life. Trans. Tim Vivian and Apostolos N. Athanassakis. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2003.
Carolinne M. White. Early Christian Lives. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1998.
Guigo II le Chartreuse. The Ladder of Monks. Trans. James Walsh. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1981.
All Liturgical Press titles in this list are originally Kalamazoo: Cistercian Press if you buy older printings.

[@joelreinhardt2084]

Such a great overview.

[@mattclassics]

Thanks!