Seeking a Purer Christian Life Sayings and Stories of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

In the early centuries of Christianity, thousands sought new insights away from cities and towns. They sought simplicity, solitude and community in the deserts of Egypt and Syria. Although these desert dwellers rarely wrote anything, sayings and stories about them began to circulate. Here is a collection of rare wisdom and pointed advice refreshing in its simplicity. Book jacket.Beasley-Topliffe, Keith is the author of 'Seeking a Purer Christian Life Sayings and Stories of the Desert Fathers and Mothers' with ISBN 9780835809023 and ISBN 0835809021.