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Issue 64
St. Antony and the Desert Fathers

Issue 64
1999

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Alone in the Desert?
Why thousands of early Christians took up the monastic way.


Ascetic Agitators
The early monks not only prayed in the desert but sometimes rioted in the cities.


Did You Know?
Spiritual Wisdom of the Desert Fathers


Diet For a Large Soul
What monks meant by fasting, and what they ate when they didn't.


Exorcizing the Desert
The stories of desert fathers' skirmishes with demons pointed to a larger struggle—and victory.


From the Editors: Models or Kooks?
The questions that hover in the background of this issue are as pressing as ever.


Holy Land
Sabas just wanted to pray where Christ had lived and died but ended up establishing the most famous monastery in the Judean Desert.


Link Interview: Discovering the Desert Paradox
What many found when they sought God in a seemingly God-forsaken landscape.


Recommended Resources: Antony and the Desert Fathers
Antony and the Desert Fathers


Spiritual Pragmatists
For the desert fathers, theology was not the study of God but the study of how to become like God.


The Best There Ever Was
Modern Christian hermits still look to him for inspiration, as did the entire Middle Ages, but today we hardly know him. What did the illiterate recluse, known as Antony of the Desert, do to earn such adulation?


The Christian History Timeline: Antony and the Desert Fathers
A Christian History Timeline

The Gallery: Getting Their Act Together
Monasticism was more or less a solitary affair until these four came along and taught monks how to live in community.


The Life Changing "Life of Antony"
Athanasius's biography was not only a bestseller in its day, but a book that made people stop and think—and act.


Wordly Monk
Jerome was a disciplined ascetic who was on top of current affairs.




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