Desert fathers and mothers
Subtitle: early Christian wisdom sayings, annotated & explained
By: annotation by Christine Valters Paintner
Series: Skylight illuminations
Publisher: SkyLight Paths Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Woodstock, Vt
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594733734
Subjects: Quotations; Spiritual life; Quotations, maxims; Christian life; Desert Fathers; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Give me a word; title: Your cell will teach you everything; title: Heart-centered spirituality; title: Thoughts, desires, and passions; title: Humility, simplicity, and the beginner's heart; title: Spiritual elders and soul friends; title: Tears of compunction; title: Necessity of practice; title: Virtues, charity, and the service of love; title: Solitude, silence, and hesychia; title: Three essential things; title: Prayer and differing gifts.