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The Desert Fathers: Development of Monastic Communities in Egypt in the 4th Century
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A Web-Based Bibliography on the emergence of early Christian cosmology. Best when viewed with Mozilla Firefox. Development of Monastic Communities in Egypt in the 4th Century. We are in Lower Egypt. 60 km south of Alexandria, at the edge of the desert, we are flying over a deep valley, hills rising on each side dotted with caves. No sign of a monastery, but in each cave you can imagine a monk. This is NITRIA. So, half a day's journey, about 18km, we find the next monastic centre called: THE CELLS. And it...
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The Desert Fathers: The Cell of the Hermit
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A Web-Based Bibliography on the emergence of early Christian cosmology. Best when viewed with Mozilla Firefox. The Cell of the Hermit. In Scetis, a brother went to see Abba Moses and begged him for a word. The old man said, "Go and sit in your cell and your cell will teach you everything.". Saying From the Desert Fathers. Coptic monasticism.has always left it to the wisdom of each man to work out his own salvation. Excerpts from James Wellard, Desert Pilgrimage. By Pieternella van Doorn-Harder. The Deser...
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The Desert Fathers: The Coptics: Egyptian Christians
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A Web-Based Bibliography on the emergence of early Christian cosmology. Best when viewed with Mozilla Firefox. The Coptics: Egyptian Christians. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt. The Church belongs to the Oriental Orthodox family of churches, which has been a distinct church body since the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451, when it took a different position over Christological theology. By F Guido Dotti, Monk of Bose. Aziz S. Atiya.
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The Desert Fathers: Locations of Monastic Settlements near Alexandria
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A Web-Based Bibliography on the emergence of early Christian cosmology. Best when viewed with Mozilla Firefox. Locations of Monastic Settlements near Alexandria. The communities of NITRIA (ca. 330), KELLIA (ca. 338). And SCETIS (ca 330), south of Alexandria. The site of Antony’s fort on the Nile and his hermitage on the Red Sea (ca. 313). Pachomius’ Nile-side foundations in the Thebaid (ca. 320): completely cenobitic, modelled on the Imperial army. Source: Monks and Nuns of the Egyptian Desert. Kellia, a...
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The Desert Fathers: Early Christianity: The First Five Centuries of the Common Era: Contents
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A Web-Based Bibliography on the emergence of early Christian cosmology. Best when viewed with Mozilla Firefox. The First Five Centuries of the Common Era:. This page is under construction. They were always most concerned with how they lived their daily lives, their relationships with one another and their dedication to living a life in preparation for the next one. Glossary of Terms Used in Early Christian Theology. Terminology used in attempts at describing God and the nature of God in Early Christianity.
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The Desert Fathers: Kellia (The Cells)
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A Web-Based Bibliography on the emergence of early Christian cosmology. Best when viewed with Mozilla Firefox. Source of map: Monks and Nuns of the Egyptian Desert. Typical 6th c. mud- brick Hermitage at Kellia, (accom.1-3 monks). Source: Monks and Nuns of the Egyptian Desert. Kellia is called al-Muna in Arabic and was inhabited until the 9th century. Le site archeologique des Kellia (Egypte). Click on image to enlarge. Kellia was discovered by archaeologist Antoine Guillaumont. Back to Previous Level.
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The Desert Fathers: The Lost Gospels of the Desert Fathers: Commentary on the The Nag Hammadi Scrolls aka The Gnostic Gospels
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A Web-Based Bibliography on the emergence of early Christian cosmology. Best when viewed with Mozilla Firefox. The Lost Gospels of the Desert Fathers: Commentary on the The Nag Hammadi Scrolls aka The Gnostic Gospels. The orgin of these more than 1500-year old documents is still a mystery, but they are thought to have been hidden by Egyptian desert monks from nearby Pachomian Monastery to save them from destruction by officials of the early Christian church in Alexandria, Egypt. The human being.". Early ...
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The Desert Fathers: Welcome and Introduction to The Desert Fathers
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A Web-Based Bibliography on the emergence of early Christian cosmology. Best when viewed with Mozilla Firefox. Welcome and Introduction to The Desert Fathers. In the fourth century A.D. the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, Arabia and Persia were peopled by a race of men who have left behind them a strange reputation. They were the first Christian hermits, who abandoned the cities of the pagan world to live in solitude. This blog serves as a companion to my blog: Alexandrine Librarian. I began my research in ...
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The Desert Fathers: Visions and Special Awareness
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A Web-Based Bibliography on the emergence of early Christian cosmology. Best when viewed with Mozilla Firefox. Visions and Special Awareness. 8220;Another report testifies that our monk was endowed with supernatural gifts that enabled him to observe hidden and distant events. Vol 22, Fasc. 1 (Jan., 1980), pp. 78-94. Visionary experiences figure prominently in other works of desert literature. .both Antony and Pachomius enjoyed visionary gifts. In the Apophthegmata. By William Harmless, pp. 242-243. Ancie...
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The Desert Fathers: Teachings and Practices of the Desert Fathers
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A Web-Based Bibliography on the emergence of early Christian cosmology. Best when viewed with Mozilla Firefox. Teachings and Practices of the Desert Fathers. Christian] Monasticism began in the Eastern empire in the fourth century. In the early stages it was not linked with the church. It was Athanasius. In Wisdom of the West.by Bertrand Russell. The Hermit Way of Life. So who were the Desert Fathers? For example, had been tutor to the sons of Emperor Theodosius; Evagrius. Primacy of Love For All Living ...