{"product_id":"vitae-patrum-the-life-of-abba-antony-9780595290192","title":"Vitae Patrum: The Life Of Abba Antony","description":"Athanasius' \u003ci\u003eLife of Antony\u003c\/i\u003e is not a biography in the modern sense of the word. It is more in the nature of a hagiography, a 'writing of holiness', in accordance with the conventions of the time. Athanasius was bishop of Alexandria from 328-373 and was well acquainted with this extraordinary person called Antony who from the age of about twenty went off by himself to live in the Egyptian desert, which was considered to be the dwelling place of wild beasts and demons, and where a person could seek to serve God in the absence of all secular distractions. People followed him out to the desert to learn from him, and so began what Athanasius called the 'peopling of the desert'. Antony died in 356 at the age of 105, and Athanasius wrote this celebration of his life soon afterwards. It has had an enormous influence in the history of Christianity throughout the ages, so that Antony is often known as the 'Father of Monks'. But the word 'monk' comes from monos, 'alone'. Antony was never a monk as we understand the word today, but 'solitary' he certainly was. And there is much in his teaching which is still valid for the individual Christian today. \u003cp\u003e The Latin text used as the source of this translation is the second edition of the \u003ci\u003eVitae Patrum\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1628, in which the \u003ci\u003eVita Antonii\u003c\/i\u003e appears. The \u003ci\u003eVitae Patrum\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of various ancient patristic documents about the lives of the fathers and mothers of the desert, edited and annotated by Herbert Rosweyde, SJ. The text also appears in the \u003ci\u003ePatrologia Latina\u003c\/i\u003e of J P Migne (1800-1875).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benedict Baker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.14w x 0.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595290192\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40234770825331,"sku":"9.7806E+12","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4a03369e-8625-4858-8eb2-ba23250eed9a.jpg?v=1657027649","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/vitae-patrum-the-life-of-abba-antony-9780595290192","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}