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LookingattheWisdomofthe
 Apophthegmata
THEDESERTFORTHECITY
RevdDrDoruCostacheSeniorLecturerinPatristicsStAndrewGreekOrthodoxTheologicalCollegeKogarahFellowship20&27June2011
 
The
 Apophthegmata
:AnIntroduction
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Αποφθέγματα–WisdomSayings
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Therearemainlytwocollectionsof
Sayings
,onealphabetical(organisingthematerialaccordingtotheinitialsintheGreekalphabetoftheelders’names)andonethematic,bothcompiledinearlyfifthcentury
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TheypresenteldersfromtheEgyptiandesert(4
th
and5
th
centuries)
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The
 Apophthegmata
:AnIntroduction
•
 
The
Sayings
offerglimpsesofthelifeandwisdomofthedesertdwellers,mostlythoseinNitriaandSketis
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Thepatternoflifefollowedbythemonksandnunsconsistedofasemi-hermitandsemi-communalexperience,withtheelderslivingtogetherwithasmallnumberofdisciples,theirhousesbeingnottoofarandnottooclosefromeachother
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