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The quote has been attributed to him. It can be found in The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection by Benedicta Ward found here.
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Yep.
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection
(Probably elsewhere, as well.)
Very acceptable?
I bought the alphabetical collection, and I re-read it every month or so. Fantastic book.
You can always try more "spiritual" Christian texts... For instance, you can slowly ease your way into those type of texts by reading more Pentecostal mystics. Here's an order to probably read texts in:
I hope this list helps you a little bit! It's not extensive nor anywhere complete. I tried to order the books from "easiest" for a Charismatic/Pentecostal believer (I was raised Assemblies of God, so I come from that background) to "hardest" for an Charismatic/Pentecostal believer. If you have any further questions, or what not, don't hesitate to ask!
I pray that God lights your path a little bit more each day.
Sure. The first thing I did was read the primary sources and pretty much in chronological order. I began with the Apostolic Fathers (Michael Holmes has this edition with Greek and English). I then read some 2nd century stuff, especially Irenaeus. Cyprian, Tertullian, etc, were all important. The fourth century took me forever to read through. I probably stayed in the 4th century for a year.
For secondary literature, I'd recommend, in no particular order:
Jaroslav Pelikan, The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Vol. 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition
J.N.D. Kelley, Early Christian Doctrines
Henry Chadwick, The Early Church (Chadwick is my doctoral grandfather, so to speak)
Adrian Fortescue, The Early Papacy: To the Synod of Chalcedon
Benedicta Ward's translation of The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
Less to do with Church history, but filling in some intellectual gaps:
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, The Spirit of the Liturgy
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Called to Communion
Henri de Lubac, Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man (This may shock people that I recommend it, but I do like the nouvelle théologie every now and again)
I also welcome /u/koine_lingua to offer some of his own recommendations to give some balance if he'd like.
Sure! Most of what I learned wasn't in a class. College/seminary is super overrated outside of something to put on a resume imo (unless you want to get ordained).
Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years REALLY good overview book.
The Early Church is really good. Might be a bit dry? But good information.
Christianizing the Roman Empire was pretty interesting and helpful.
Popular Religion in Late Saxon England is as cool as it sounds. My main complaint is that after chapter 3, she essentially just keeps repeating her thesis was more, similar, examples. Very good first 3 chapters tho!
Sayings of the Desert Fathers is good. Sometimes very odd, but at the least interesting.
Augustine's Confessions a must read for many reasons.
On the Holy Spirit can be dry and repetitive at points, but is really good.
Essentially any primary source (i.e. something an author actually wrote, not what someone wrote about them) is great to read. Look for stuff by Augustine, Jerome, Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil, Maximus the Confessor, Aquinas, Lombard, Vermigli, Luther, Calvin, etc.
This version worked out great for me, as u/RWeGreatYet also linked.
2 is the best in my opinion.
The author also has the same collection available arranged alphabetically by Father (rather than by theme, as is the case with the Penguin edition).
Honestly, I am not a scholar so I don't know what translation is best but to get you started. https://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Spiritual-Homilies-Macarius-Egyptian/dp/1785160346/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Pseudo+macarius&qid=1557372832&s=books&sr=1-3
https://www.amazon.com/Sayings-Desert-Fathers-Alphabetical-Collection/dp/0879079592/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YECJXX02GYIC&keywords=sayings+of+the+desert+fathers&qid=1557373438&s=books&sprefix=sayings+o%2Cstripbooks%2C189&sr=1-1
A word of warning. I don't feel Orthodox is preoccupied with the cross alone but it is there and especially Monastic texts of any Christian tradition will speak about his quite a bit.
This sub is small you might be better off asking at r/orthodoxchristianity
I’d say you can’t really beat The Sayings of the Desert Fathers.
I just remember talking to you in Imgur. Respect for deleting your account. Best of luck as a lay ascetic. I'm trying similar things in order to strengthen my faith, though I am still in school.
http://www.amazon.com/Sayings-Desert-Fathers-Cistercian-studies/dp/0879079592
I recently got this book--pretty amazing what the ancients used to be able to do and how similar the temptations were then to today, despite the ages' differences.
I got these:
The Orthodox Church by Kallistos Ware
The Orthodox Way by Kallistos Ware
The Mountain of Silence by Kyriacos C. Markides
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
I'm still reading them but I hear that this selection will cover a lot of bases. Check eBay too, they can found pretty cheap.
https://www.amazon.com/Sayings-Desert-Fathers-Alphabetical-Collection/dp/0879079592 get this book. Not to mention all the stories of the saints and martyrs who didn't fight back!