Category: Desert Tradition

Athletes of Prayer: The monastic tradition, rooted in the lives and writings of the Desert Fathers and the Benedictine Rule, was the great birthplace and laboratory for much later Christian spirituality and liturgical development. Antony, Benedict, John Moschus, John Climacus, Cyril of Scythopolis, and Dorotheus of Gaza are only a few of the monastic fathers and saints represented here.

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In the School of Contemplation (Monastic Wisdom Series)

By: Andre Louf

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Cistercian Publications: August 2015

Seller ID:: 124862

ISBN: 0879071478

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Singing God's Praises: The First 60 years of St. Gregory's Abbey

By: Andrew & Abraham Newsom Marr

Price: $10.00

Publisher: St. Gregory's Abbey: January 1998

Seller ID:: 112955

ISBN: B000DT7AR4

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Like New

Near perfect.
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Heaven Begins Within You

By: ANSELM GRUEN

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Crossroad Classic: November 1999

Seller ID:: 144505

ISBN: 0824518187

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

The Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks of early history had deep insight into the nature and aspirations of humankind. Drawing on their experiences in the cloisters of the desert they became sought after mentors, teachers, and spiritual guides. This book is filled with poignant wisdom stories relating their message to modern daily life.
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Saint Anthony the Great: Dialogues

By: Anthony the Great

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Anaphora Press: January 2011

Seller ID:: 145537

ISBN: 098012414X

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos: Volume I

By: ARCHIMANDRITE CHERUB KARAMBELAS, ARCHIMANDRITE CHERUBIM

Price: $22.00

Publisher: St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood: October 2007

Seller ID:: 146653

ISBN: 0938635507

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos: Volume II

By: ARCHIMANDRITE CHERUBIM

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Saint Herman Pr: March 1993

Seller ID:: 146654

ISBN: 0938635565

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

In His Honor: A Pictorial Journey Through the Early Years of the Christian Church

By: Arthur F. Hastings

Price: $12.50

Publisher: H H P Publishing Inc: August 1994

Seller ID:: 136582

ISBN: 0964226502

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Would be Like New, but blue stains (ink?) show on top and bottom textblock edges and interior of rear cover.
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The Monastic Letters of Saint Athanasius the Great (Fairacres Publications)

By: ATHANASIUS

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Fairacres Publications: October 1994

Seller ID:: 93351

ISBN: 0728301385

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Centered on Christ: A Guide to Monastic Profession (Monastic Wisdom)

By: AUGUSTINE ROBERTS, BERNARDO (FWD) OLIVERA

Price: $18.50

Publisher: Liturgical Press: August 2005

Seller ID:: 167262

ISBN: 0879070749

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

New copy, but has suffered rough handling in Publisher warehouse. Light cover wear, firm binding, pristine text.
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The Old English Rule of Saint Benedict: with Related Old English Texts (Cistercian Studies)

By: Ã†thelwold

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Cistercian Publications: December 2017

Seller ID:: 150828

ISBN: 0879072644

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

The Old English Rule of Saint Benedict: with Related Old English Texts (Cistercian Studies)

By: Ã†thelwold

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Cistercian Publications: December 2017

Seller ID:: 167261

ISBN: 0879072644

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Would be Like New, but front cover is missing its top right corner. Text pristine.
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Letters from the Desert: Barsanuphius and John -- A Selection of Questions and Responses

By: Barsanuphius, John Chryssavgis

Price: $17.00

Publisher: St Vladimirs Seminary Press: August 2003

Seller ID:: 92270

ISBN: 0881412546

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Open this small compendium to any page and you'll find the Desert Fathers at their finest - humble, generous, surprisingly flexible with their brothers, and willing themselves to assume blame rather than hinder any man. Known respectively as the ''Great Old Man'' and the ''Other Old Man,'' Barsanuphius and John lived as hermits near Gaza in the early sixth century. They did not entertain visitors and maintained a practice of strict seclusion (in neighboring caves), conveying their spiritual wisdom through letters to those who sought counsel. John offers practical advice while Barsanuphius resp...
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Desert of the Heart: Daily Readings with the Desert Fathers

By: Benedicta Ward

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Fairacres Publications SLG Press: January 2016

Seller ID:: 157239

ISBN: 072830290X

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources (Cistercian Studies Series, 106)

By: BENEDICTA WARD

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Cistercian Publications: December 1987

Seller ID:: 157610

ISBN: 0879076062

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

A collection of five short tales of the sinful person who repents. Included are the Biblical Mary Magdalen and later elaborations of her tradition, St. Mary of Egypt, an image of repentance in the Lenten liturgical tradition, and three stories of penitent harlots from the Vita Patrum. Sister Benedicta Ward provides introductions and critical notes for these stories, which together form a thoughtful study of early Christian metanoia.
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Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources (Cistercian Studies Series, 106)

By: BENEDICTA WARD

Price: $11.95

Publisher: Cistercian Publications: December 1987

Seller ID:: 167274

ISBN: 0879076062

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Like New

The Wisdom of the Desert Fathers

By: BENEDICTA WARD, ANTHONY BLOOM

Price: $12.95

Publisher: Cistercian Publications: June 1986

Seller ID:: 143554

ISBN: 0728301091

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

''It is not the desert that makes a desert father anymore than it is the lion that makes the martyr,'' says Metropolitan Anthony Bloom in the introduction to this slim volume of sayings first collected in the fifth century. The sytematic sayings are organized by topics such as compunction, self-control, obedience, mercy, and long-suffering. Far from romantic, mystified visions of the spiritual life, here is hard-headed advice to fellow monks about the actions necessary to take in pursuit of humility and love. As one old man puts it: ''Spiritual work is essential, it is for this we have come to...
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Lives of the Desert Fathers: The Historia Monachorum in Aegypto (Cistercian Studies No. 34)

By: BENEDICTA WARD, NORMAN RUSSELL

Price: $10.95

Publisher: Andrew Mowbray Incorporated, Publishers: June 1981

Seller ID:: 167248

ISBN: 0879079347

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

New copy, but has suffered rough handling in Publisher warehouse. Rubbing wear to covers, text pristine.
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The Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Cistercian studies 59)

By: BENEDICTA WARD, TRANS.

Price: $15.95

Publisher: Cistercian Publications: June 1987

Seller ID:: 163835

ISBN: 0879079592

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

This classic Western translation of the sayings of the Desert Fathers has played a crucial role in the formation of Christian spirituality and has led countless men and women into the desert questing for a truer knowledge of God and themselves. Unlike the anonymous, or Systematic Collection, these sayings are attributed and arranged alphabetically, rather than topically. You'll find familiar voices here, such as Gregory the Theologian, Anthony the Great, and John Cassian alongside lesser known, but no less helpful hermits such as John the Dwarf, Paul the Simple, or the hermitess Sarah. These a...
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