[box] This is the third part of a paper about the values of simplicity and self-sacrifice as seen in the lives of the early Dessert Fathers. Previous posts this series can be found here and here. [/box] In the intervening years between the time of the Desert Fathers (4th and 5th century C.E.) and today … Continue reading Simplicity and Self-Sacrifice: Lessons from the Desert Fathers (Part 3 of 3)
[box] This is the second part of a paper about the values of simplicity and self-sacrifice as seen in the lives of the early Dessert Fathers. The first part of this series can be found here. [/box] St. Anthony, the most famous of the Desert Fathers, was reported by St. Athanasius as teaching his follow … Continue reading Simplicity and Self-Sacrifice: Lessons from the Desert Fathers (Part 2 of 3)
Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput recently remarked that “Americans have never liked history” since the “past comes with obligations on the present, and the most cherished illusion of American life is that we can remake ourselves at will.”[1] This self-imposed historical amnesia causes the church to have an unhealthy “egocentric obsession with the present.”[2] Christianity, however, … Continue reading Simplicity and Self-Sacrifice: Lessons from the Desert Fathers (Part 1 of 3)
I was first introduced to Kallistos Ware’s book The Orthodox Way on September 2, 2006 when it was given to me after a chance meeting with an Eastern Orthodox priest. This priest, whose name I do not know, gave me five books about the Eastern Orthodox Church after briefly taking to me in a hotel … Continue reading “The Orthodox Way” by Bishop Kallistos Ware