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Becoming Fire
Through the Year with the Desert Fathers and Mothers
Edited by Tim Vivian; Foreword by Aelred Glidden OSB
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The insights of the desert monks of the fifth and sixth centuries amaze, and startle, readers by their wisdom. Among other things, they teach "that the first step in overcoming our sinfulness is an honest perception of things as they are." By arrangi... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-525-5
Cistercian Product #: CS225
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The Book of Steps
The Syriac Liber Graduum
Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, by Robert A. Kitchen and Maartien F. G. Parmentier
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Intentionally anonymous and lacking concrete details of historical and cultural setting-and for many years suspected of messalianism-this collection of thirty memre [discourses] has been long recognized as an important, yet understudied, work of the ... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-696-2
Cistercian Product #: CS196
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Evagrius of Pontus: Talking Back
A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons
Translated with an Introduction by David Brakke
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How did the monks of the Egyptian desert fight against the demons that attacked them with tempting thoughts? How could Christians resist the thoughts of gluttony, fornication, or pride that assailed them and obstructed their contemplation of God? Acc... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-329-9
Cistercian Product #: CS229P
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Evagrius of Pontus: Talking Back
A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons
Translated with an Introduction by David Brakke
eBook
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How did the monks of the Egyptian desert fight against the demons that attacked them with tempting thoughts? How could Christians resist the thoughts of gluttony, fornication, or pride that assailed them and obstructed their contemplation of God? Acc... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-968-0
Cistercian Product #: CS229E
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A Life Pleasing to God
The Spirituality of the Rules of Saint Basil
Augustine Holmes OSB
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Basil the Great (330-379) is one of the most important figures in christian history and a theologian and spiritual teacher of ecumenical significance. At a time when the sources of their rich spiritual heritage are being re-appropriated by Christians... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-689-4
Cistercian Product #: CS189P
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Stewards of the Poor
The Man of God, Rabbula, and Hiba in Fifth-Century Edessa
Translated, with an Introduction, by Robert Doran
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The Man of God lacks the prodigious miracles and extravagant feats of asceticism typical of Syrian saints. He does nothing extraordinary, except live as a poor person, begging for his daily bread and praying constantly in the church. What is most pow... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-308-4
Cistercian Product #: CS208P
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Witness to Holiness
Abba Daniel of Scetis
Edited, with an Introduction, by Tim Vivian
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Price: $39.95
Sale Price: $25.97
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Description:
Abba Daniel, priest and monastic superior of Scetis, lived in the sixth century. Some dozen stories about him, and a few sayings attributed to him, survive in Greek, Syriac, Arabic, Coptic, and Ethiopic. Here for the first time are translations of al... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-419-7
Cistercian Product #: CS219
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Words to Live By
Journeys in Ancient and Modern Egyptian Monasticism
Tim Vivian
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Give me a word, Father. From the time of Saint Antony—at least—younger monks would ask older, experienced monks, abbas or ammas (‘fathers’ or ‘mothers’), for a saving word, for advice, for wise counsel on how to live. In this book, Coptic scholar and... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-657-3
Cistercian Product #: CS207P
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