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Tables of Contents for The Desert Fathers
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ABOUT THE VINTAGE SPIRITUAL CLASSICS
ix
4
John F. Thornton
Susan B. Varenne
PREFACE TO THE VINTAGE SPIRITUAL CLASSICS EDITION
xiii
12
M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE DESERT FATHERS, 150 B.C.-400 A.D.
xxv
INTRODUCTION
3
27
Helen Waddell
THE LIFE OF ST. PAUL THE FIRST HERMIT
30
14
St. Jerome
HISTORY OF THE MONKS OF EGYPT
44
19
from the Greek by Rufinus of Aquileia
THE SAYINGS OF THE FATHERS
63
72
from the Greek by Pelagius the Deacon
John the Subdeacon
THE SAYINGS OF THE FATHERS Greek by an unknown translator
135
17
THE SAYINGS OF THE FATHERS
152
10
from the Greek by Paschasius the Deacon for the Abbot Martin of Dumes
OF ACCIDIE: OF MORTIFICATION
162
7
Cassian of Marseilles
FRAGMENTS FROM THE PARADISUS OF PALLADIUS from the Greek by an unknown translator
169
4
THE PRATUM SPIRITUALE OF JOHN MOSCHUS
173
8
from the Greek by Ambrose of Camaldoli
THE LIFE OF ST. PELAGIA THE HARLOT
181
16
James the Deacon
from the Greek by Eustochius
THE LIFE OF ST. MARY THE HARLOT
197
14
St. Ephraem of Edessa
NOTES
211
8
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
219