Creations of the Ancient Ascetic Fathers

📖 The Scoop

“Wealth without work

Pleasure without conscience

Science without humanity

Knowledge without character

Politics without principle

Commerce without morality

Worship without sacrifice.

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First among them – the works of St. Ammon – direct student and successor of Anthony the Great

Serapion Tmuit – Companion of St. Athanasius the Great in his struggle against the Arian heresy

The Conversations of Macarius of Egypt are the most precious monuments of ancient monastic writing; the Great Epistle, one of the main and most interesting works of St. Macarius, remained unknown in its entirety until recently to both specialists and a wide range of readers; Message to the children of God.

Stefan Thebaid – Virtually no information has been preserved about Stefan himself, although at one time he was, apparently, a well-known and highly respected ascetic. The place of his exploits was Egypt, in a very broad chronological framework of the 5th – 6th centuries [or (end of the 4th – beginning of the 5th c.) – because this author’s worldview is quite– archaic]. 

Gregory of Nyssa – About the purpose [of life] according to God and true asceticism

Exhortation to ascetics– by a certain– Iperechius (intended for ascetics living together in a city and not yet had a clear organization.) Some of the sayings of Iperechius were included in various editions of the Ancient Patericon.

Genre: Religion / Christianity / Orthodox (fancy, right?)