The desert fathers
Subtitle: translations from the Latin with an introduction
By: by Helen Waddell.
Contributors: Waddell, Helen, 1889-1965.
Publisher: Constable
Published: 1936
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Saints.; Hermits.
Work titles: Vitae patrum. English.
Description: By the fourth century A.D., devout Christians--men and women alike--had begun to retreat from cities and villages to the deserts of North Africa and Asia Minor, where they sought liberation from their corrupt society and the confining shell of the social self. The Desert Fathers is the perfect introduction to the stories and sayings of these heroic pioneers of the contemplative tradition. Selected and translated by Helen Waddell, The Desert Fathers opens a window onto early Christianity while presenting us with touchingly human models of faith, humility, and compassion.
Notes: Added t.p. with historiated border.

Translated from Rosweyde's 2d rev. ed. of the Vitae patrum, published in 1628. cf. Pref.