Add this copy of The Desert a City: an Introduction to the Study of to cart. $32.00, new condition, Sold by Eighth Day Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wichita, KS, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by St Vladimirs Seminary Press.
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New. Chitty is unbelievably fluent in the primary sources available for this period (4th-7th c. ), and his narrative reveals it: His concern for accuracy never overshadows the color, the eccentricity, wit, shrewdness, and above all the holiness of those who made ''the desert a city. '' CONTENTS: The Call: The Three Heads--Athanasius, Antony, Pachomius-The Institution: Antony in Relation to Other Communities-The World Breaks In: Foreign Visitors and Monks in Egypt and Palestine-After Three Generations-New Beginnings: Euthymius Comes to Palestine, A.D. 405-Battle for the Faith: Chalcedon at its Nadir-The Monasteries Under Justinian: Early Life of Cyril of Scythopolis-The End of the Pax Romana-A High Mountain Apart: Sinai's Monastic History from the Fourth Century. 222 pp.
Add this copy of The Desert a City: an Introduction to the Study of to cart. $81.39, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2020 by St Vladimirs Seminary Pr.
Add this copy of The Desert a City: an Introduction to the Study of to cart. $85.63, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2020 by St Vladimirs Seminary Pr.
