Holiness and Ascetic Education in the Apophthegmata Patrum
Holiness and Ascetic Education in the Apophthegmata Patrum

Summary/Abstract: This paper studies the relationship between holiness and ascetic education in thespirituality of the desert. In this sense, there is a complex attitude of Desert Fatherstowards antique culture. Their attitude ranged from assimilation to outright rejectionor a prudent adoption. In this paper we offer a more nuanced perspective, moreexactly we wish to enrich our understanding on the creative assimilation of classicaleducation (paideia) in the early Egyptian monasticism

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