The Desert Fathers

Who were the initiators of the ascetic movement in the early Church? What were their motivations? Where did Christian asceticism come from and what preceded it? How did early monastics survive so much self-denial? What is the place of asceticism in the life of the church today?

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Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications