# The Desert Fathers

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- Authors: [Helen Waddell](https://www.bookquiver.com/helen-waddell), [Basil Pennington](https://www.bookquiver.com/basil-pennington)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 1998-03-24

## Description

By the fourth century A. D., devout Christians--men and women alike--had begun to retreat from cities and villages to the deserts of North Africa and Asia Minor, where they sought liberation from their...

## Editions

### The Desert Fathers

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-7570-019-4
- Pages: 256
- Published: 1998-03-24
- Language: en_US