The Desert a City : An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian and Palestian Monasticism Under the Christian Empire

Language: English

Published by St Vladimirs Seminary Press March 1997, 1997

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Chitty is unbelievably fluent in the primary sources available for this period (4th-7th c.), and his narrative reveals it: His concern for accuracy never overshadows the color, the eccentricity, wit, shrewdness, and above all the holiness of those who made ''the desert a city.'' CONTENTS: The Call: The Three Heads--Athanasius, Antony, Pachomius - The Institution: Antony in Relation to Other Communities - The World Breaks In: Foreign Visitors and Monks in Egypt and Palestine - After Three Generations - New Beginnings: Euthymius Comes to Palestine, A.D. 405 - Battle for the Faith: Chalcedon at its Nadir - The Monasteries Under Justinian: Early Life of Cyril of Scythopolis - The End of the Pax Romana - A High Mountain Apart: Sinai's Monastic History from the Fourth Century. 222 pp.

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Title
The Desert a City : An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian and Palestian Monasticism Under the Christian Empire
Author
DERWAS JAMES CHITTY
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St Vladimirs Seminary Press March 1997
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1997
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English
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