An introduction to the Desert Fathers /
Wortley, John,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-187) and index.
Desert Fathers -- Beginnings -- Becoming a monk -- Impediments to progress -- The object of the exercise -- Prayer -- Discretion -- Work -- Eating and drinking -- Hospitality and neighbourliness -- Women in the desert -- Literacy -- Heresy -- The Pachomian experiment.
Desert Fathers.
Monasticism and religious orders
Desert Fathers.
Monasticism and religious orders