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... fathers ' preserved in three different collections . These are for the most part short , pithy sentences , many of which have become commonplaces of the ascetic life . Then there is the Lausiac History , the outcome of a visit to Nitria ...
... fathers ' preserved in three different collections . These are for the most part short , pithy sentences , many of which have become commonplaces of the ascetic life . Then there is the Lausiac History , the outcome of a visit to Nitria ...
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... fathers are chiefly ascetical in tone , John Cassian was the vehicle by which another powerful influence reached the west . Among those who came from the Greek world to join the monks of Egypt was Evagrius of Pontus . He had been ...
... fathers are chiefly ascetical in tone , John Cassian was the vehicle by which another powerful influence reached the west . Among those who came from the Greek world to join the monks of Egypt was Evagrius of Pontus . He had been ...
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... fathers . Theirs was the simplicity of poor men , but they accepted and indeed created beauty when they could . It was only later , when Bernard , now attaining celebrity and with a solid following of his sons in general chapter , could ...
... fathers . Theirs was the simplicity of poor men , but they accepted and indeed created beauty when they could . It was only later , when Bernard , now attaining celebrity and with a solid following of his sons in general chapter , could ...
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