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title: 'The Fathers of the Desert; or, An Account of the Origin and Practice of Monkery, Vol. 2'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Henry Ruffner'
date: 1850-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Ancient and Medieval Church History'
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'Miracles'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 4'
- 'Mark 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/ruffner-1850-the-fathers-of-the-desert-or-an-account-of-the-origin-and-practice-of-monkery-vol-2
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# The Fathers of the Desert; or, An Account of the Origin and Practice of Monkery, Vol. 2

A nineteenth-century collection chronicling the origins and practices of early monasticism and Desert Fathers (St. Antony, Paul the Simple), their asceticism and reported miracles.

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