Journeying Into God
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Published: September 5, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780800628550
Subjects: Personal Christian testimony & popular inspirational works; Religion - Inspirational/Spirituality; Early Church (To 476); Specific Members Of Religious Congregations And Orders; Religion; Monks; General; Christianity - History - Catholic; Devotional; Biography & Autobiography : General; History; Religion : Devotional; Christian saints; Rome; Christianity - History - General; Monasticism; Biography; Byzantine Empire
Description: Journeying into God tells the fascinating stories of seven male and female monks from the fourth to the seventh centuries C.E. and their quests to imitate Christ and live the gospel fully. Saint Antony, Abba Pambo, Syncletica of Palestine, Saint George of Choziba, Abba Aaron, Saint Theognius, and Saint Onnophrius come to life through translations of biographical documents from Greek and Coptic.

Each saint's life is introduced with historical and theological background. Discussions of women, the structure of a monastery, miracles and relics, and the cult of the saints illuminate the texts and also supply helpful overviews of topics that are central to the understanding of early monasticism.