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Athanasius: Life of Anthony Intro
Keywords: Athanasius,ante-nicene fathers,introduction
...Christian monasticism, particularly in Western Europe.Why: From the letter’s own prologue: “The life and conversation of our holy Father, Anthony: written and sent to...
Athanasius: Life of Anthony
Keywords: Athanasius,ante-nicene fathers,Anthony the Great,Egypt,Ascetic,monks,monasteries,convent,nun,devil,demons,fasting and prayer,temptations,desert fathers,monasticism,Alexandria,persecution,Maximinus,martyrdom,evil spirit,miracles,healing,confessor,visions,satan,schism,Arius,heresy,heretics,apostacy,Philosophers,Constantine Augustus,Arians
..., and how monasticism began to flourish in Egypt. Anthony its leader.XIV.And so for nearly twenty years he continued training himself in solitude, never going forth, and...
