The Life of Antony

By Athanasius Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria

Subjects: Bibeln, Bible, Biography, Helgon, Biographies, Biografi, Early works to 1800, Analys och tolkning, Criticism, interpretation, Anthony, of egypt, saint, approximately 250-355 or 356, Monasticism and religious orders, History, Christian saints, Saints chrétiens, Athanasius, saint, patriarch of alexandria, -373

Description: An Encomium on Saint Anthony by John of Schmun A letter to the Disciples of Antony by Serapion of ThmuisInstrumental in the conversion of many, including St. Augustine, The Life of Antony provided the model saint's life and constitutes, in the words of patristics scholar Johannes Quasten, 'the most important document of early monasticism.' Here is one volume are translations of the text in the Greek written by Athanasius (from the new critical edition of G. J. M. Bartelink) and in the Coptic, the language Antony himself spoke. Two short contemporary coptic texts further manifest the powerful influence of 'the father of monks.'