Author : Bentley Layton
Release : 2014-09
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 637/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Canons of Our Fathers by : Bentley Layton
Download or read book The Canons of Our Fathers written by Bentley Layton. This book was released on 2014-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first publication of a very early set of Christian monastic rules from Roman Egypt, accompanied by four preliminary chapters discussing their historical and social context and their character as rules. These rules were found quoted in the writings of the great Egyptian monastic leader Shenoute.