Wandering, Begging Monks
Subtitle: Spiritual Authority and the Promotion of Monasticism in Late Antiquity
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: August 5, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780520233249
Subjects: Christian communities & monasticism; Early Church; Social history; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; BCE to c 500 CE; Monastic and religious life; Early Church (To 476); Specific Religious Congregations And Orders; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Religion; Institutions & Organizations; History / Ancient / General; History; Early church, ca. 30-600; Messalians
First sentence: This vignette from the apophthegmata patrum (sayings and stories attributed to pioneers of Egyptian desert monasticism) presents two very different attitudes toward wandering monks in the late fourth or early fifth century, and introduces questions that are central to our entire study.