Letters from the Desert: Barsanuphius and John -- A Selection of Questions and Responses
Barsanuphius, John Chryssavgis
Language: English
Published by St Vladimirs Seminary Press August 2003, 2003
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Open this small compendium to any page and you'll find the Desert Fathers at their finest - humble, generous, surprisingly flexible with their brothers, and willing themselves to assume blame rather than hinder any man. Known respectively as the ''Great Old Man'' and the ''Other Old Man,'' Barsanuphius and John lived as hermits near Gaza in the early sixth century. They did not entertain visitors and maintained a practice of strict seclusion (in neighboring caves), conveying their spiritual wisdom through letters to those who sought counsel. John offers practical advice while Barsanuphius responds to questions involving matters of more interior spiritual concern. Their answers gamut topics from fasting and silence to hiring, firing, medication, perfection, modesty and diet. On the matter of Holy Communion a brother asks John, ''If a fantasy occurs to me by night and, on the next day, there is Holy Communion, what should I do?'' The venerable John responds compassionately, ''Let us approach with all our wounds and not with any contempt, as people who are needful of a doctor, and he who healed the woman with the issue of blood will also heal us. ou may approach with fear, and our Master, who is loving-kind, will work his mercy with us.'' When a God-loving layperson mistreated by his neighbor comes to Barsanuphius for advice, the humble father replies, ''Do good to him.'' 209 pp.…
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- Title
- Letters from the Desert: Barsanuphius and John -- A Selection of Questions and Responses
- Author
- Barsanuphius, John Chryssavgis
- Publisher
- St Vladimirs Seminary Press August 2003
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paper Back
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0881412546
- ISBN 13
- 9780881412543
- Series
- Book 4 of 30: Popular Patristics Series
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- Desert Tradition/Primary Sources
Two monastic elders - the "Great Old Man" Barsanuphius, and the "Other Old Man" John - flourished in the southern region around Gaza in the early part of the sixth century. Maintaining strict seclusion within their cells, they spoke to others only through letters. The authority of John may be described as more institutional, responding as he does to problems of a practical nature; the authority of Barsanuphius is more inspirational, responding to principles of a spiritual nature. The questions and answers evoke the image of the Christian tradition being passed from elder to disciple, and the contemporary reader will be able to appreciate the method and possibly be inspired to imitate the message.
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About the Author
Father John Chryssavgis studied theology in Athens and Oxford. He taught at St Andrew's Theological College in Sydney and at Holy Cross School of Theology in Boston. His writings have focused on the early ascetic literature of Egypt, Palestine, and the Sinai peninsula.
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