James O Hannay: 2 books

The Wisdom of the Desert - by James O. Hannay. Includes: -- NCX Navigation with links to all chapters and sections. -- Interactive Table of Contents. -- Interactive Index of Passages. During the 4th and 5th centuries, thousands of Christian men and women withdrew to the deserts of...

Within these pages lay some the greatest ascetic wisdom a pen has ever etched. What is within these pages are the words, thoughts and lives of some of the greatest men and women who left everything in the known world to find their calling within the desert. During the fall of the Roman Empire, (300-500...