Christian History Magazine—Issue 64: Anthony & the Desert Fathers: Extreme Faith
Overview
Rarely known for its monastic elements, the Nicene Age boasts the emergence of the prototypical Christian ascetic: St. Antony. Committed to Scripture and discipline, Antony established obedience and simplicity as primary Christian virtues. But was that enough? Could solitude stand on its own, or did it serve a greater purpose? Antony, and the “desert fathers” who would follow his brave example, lived the answer to these questions. This issue of Christian History and Biography takes an in-depth look at the Egyptian desert beginnings of Christian monasticism and asceticism in the 4th century.
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Top Highlights
“But I, for one, believe most monks yearned to know and love God in a way that was not possible in the hubbub of city life. Furthermore, I believe their disciplines allowed them to discover something about God that cannot be discovered unless one does what they did.” (source)
“If a man is earnest in fasting and hunger, the enemies which trouble his soul will grow weak.’” (source)
“The monks learned that the desert teaches you how to live apart from others, how to live without compulsively needing them to give you worth or make you feel loved. In the desert, you learn how to live with yourself. Only then are you capable of giving love—sacrificial love that accepts or needs nothing in return.” (source)
“The way is called asceticism, or originally, ‘the discipline,’ and the institution it created is called monasticism” (source)
“it wasn’t his wisdom and eloquence that astounded people as much as his laser-like devotion to Christ.” (source)
- Title: Christian History Magazine—Issue 64: Anthony & the Desert Fathers: Extreme Faith
- Author: Christian History Institute
- Series: Christian History Magazine
- Publisher: Christianity Today
- Print Publication Date: 1999
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Era: era:Contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Monasticism; Church history › Early church
- Resource ID: LLS:CH64
- Resource Type: Magazine
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T16:40:37Z
