The Order of Saint Benedict

Lectio Divina

Christian Authors: Fourth Century

• Athanasius (295-373)
  • On the Incarnation.
  • Vita S. Antonii (c. 357)
    • Life of St. Antony of the Desert.
    • Vida de San Antonio Abad. Spanish.
• Ephraim of Syria (c. 306-373)
  • The Pearl.
• Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 315-386)
  • Second Catechetical Lecture. "On Repentance and Remission of Sins, and Concerning the Adversary."
• Gregory of Nazianzus (329-389)
  • Second Paschal Oration. (58K text)

   

• Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-395)
  • Gregory of Nyssa Homepage (Br. Casimir McCambly, OCSO, Spencer)
• John Chrysostom (347-407)
  • The Easter Sermon of John Chrysostom. Edited by Andr?Lavergne.
  • Prayer of St. John Chrysostom.

   

• Desert Fathers and Mothers (fl. Fourth Century)
  • 120 Wise Sayings of the Fathers
  • Early Egyptian Desert Fathers
  • Excerpts from The Paradise of the Desert Fathers.
  • From the Sayings of the Desert Fathers.
  • The Life of St. Mary of Egypt
    • The Life of Our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt. 44K text, 55K graphic.
    • Vie de sainte Marie l'?yptienne. 55K text, 35K graphics.

Illustration: "St. Moses the Black", icon at the monastery church of
Christ of the Hills Monastery, New Sarov, Texas.

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