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January 1, 1958 Library of Christian Classics (Paperback Westminster) (Book 17)

Students of church history and the monastic ascetic life will find this volume of much interest. Contained are three important documents of the early Christian Church: The Sayings of the Fathers, The Conferences of Cassian, and The Rule of Saint Benedict.

Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries.


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Owen Chadwick is Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Cambridge in England. He is an ordained Anglican priest.

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  • Paperback: 372 pages
  • Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press (January 1, 1958)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0664241611
  • ISBN-13: 978-0664241612
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Resource, April 7, 2009
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This work contains the sayings of the Desert Fathers organized thematically as well as the Conferences of St. John Cassian and the Rule of St. Benedict. These three works are an important foundation to monastic spirituality in both the Catholic West and Orthodox East. Additionally all three texts are quite dense with spiritual wisdom and a valuable resource for pastoral care and personal growth. Highly recommended as valuable to the scholar, pastor and layman alike.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Western Asceticism, August 8, 2011
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This was book was in very good shape when it arrived, which was quickly. The type is a little too

small. Anyway it is packed with many stories of the fathers, which should interest the Christian

scholar. A very dense collection of sayings.
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The monks always looked back to the apostolic Church as the source of their way of life. Read the first page
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