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Among her sayings recorded in the Sayings of the Desert Fathers are: [4] "I put out my foot to ascend the ladder, and I place death before my eyes before going up it." "It is good to give alms for men's sake. Even if it is only done to please men, through it one can begin to seek to please God." Among her saying recorded in the Mataericon are: [2]
The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks. ISBN 0-14-044731-8. Ward, Benedicta. Discernment in the Desert Fathers: Diakrisis in the Life and Thought of Early Egyptian Monasticism. ISBN 978-1-55635-339-0. Ward, Benedicta (translator). The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. ISBN 0-87907-959-2. Ward, Benedicta.
Sogdian Christian copy of the text written in Syriac. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Latin: Apophthegmata Patrum Aegyptiorum; Greek: ἀποφθέγματα τῶν πατέρων, romanized: Apophthégmata tōn Patérōn [1] [2]) is the name given to various textual collections consisting of stories and sayings attributed to the Desert Fathers from approximately the 5th century AD.
Or traditionally, "the voice of one crying in the wilderness". A quotation of the Vulgate, Isaiah 40:3, and quoted by St. John the Baptist in Mark 1:3 and John 1:23). Motto of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. vox nihili: voice of nothing: The phrase denotes a useless or ambiguous statement. vox populi: voice of the people
The text is composed of anecdotes from Palestinian and Egyptian monasteries from the travels of John during his travels with Sophronius, his friend, as they seek out spiritual edification. In all, it contains several hundred narratives, biographies, and collections of sayings. [1]
Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
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The temptation of Christ is a biblical narrative detailed in the gospels of Matthew, [1] Mark, [2] and Luke. [3] After being baptized by John the Baptist, Jesus was tempted by the devil after 40 days and nights of fasting in the Judaean Desert.