Two eminent phenomena distinguished the Christians of the early generations of Christianity, these are the desire for martyrdom and the...
What The Desert Fathers Meant By “Being Saved”
Most of the Apophthegmata Patrum are in the form of question and answer, a clear indication of their didactic purpose:...
Concerning Those Who Imagine That They Are Justified By Works
The Lord, wishing to show that every commandment is obligatory but that sonship is a gift bestowed on human beings...
I Sleep But My Heart Is Awake
“I sleep, but my heart is awake; it is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, “Open for me,...
Daytime Prayer and Psalms in the Egyptian Desert
I think that, by God’s help and to the extent that our limited skill was capable, I have explained the...
Spiritual, Ascetic And Pragmatic Authority Of Bishops In Late Antiquity
The authority of the bishop is a multifaceted and ever changing construct that continued to change as individuals adapted, necessity...
Daily Life In The White Monastery
Despite the importance of work in the White Monastery, it has been argued that prayer, not labor, was the activity...
Faith & Works
For as the Lord said. “Not everyone who says ‘Lord, Lord, to me will go Into the kingdom. but the...
Tell Me, 0 Whom I Love, Where You Feed Your Flock
Tell me, O you whom I love, Where you feed your flock, Where you make it rest at noon. For...
The Ethiopian Monastic Tradition
The fifth century saw an important development with the arrival of a group of monks from Egypt. They were perhaps...