Abba Isaiah Of Scetis: Ascetic Discourses 159.99 These Docetic Christians inhabited Arabia

These Docetic Christians inhabited Arabia in the seventh century

It approaches closely to the character and genius of the Byzantine Akathist to the Mother of God (which it seems to know in part) but is so profoundly rooted in a different indigenous experience that it surely deserves the title of "An African Akathist

Keller goes beyond simple reflection by providing substantial historical background

and of Early monastic writers

and goes on to examine the desert tradition

Abba Isaiah Of Scetis: Ascetic Discourses 159.99 These Docetic Christians inhabited Arabia"Sugg. Donation" Written in the fifth century, during one of the most formative periods of christian monasticism in Egypt and Palestine, The Ascetic Discourses show a strong influence of the Scripture, both Old and New, and of Early monastic writers. They are marked by a faithfulness to tradition, yet equally by a note of originality distinctive to the Gaza region. Abba Isaiah has set forth a practical guide for monks, ever aware of the challanges