the desert fathers

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:temple
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Life_of_Antony
gptkbp:emphasizes community life
spiritual warfare
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the desert fathers
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_monasticism
gptkb:Coptic_Christianity
Western monasticism
Christian spirituality
gptkbp:inspired later monastic communities
gptkbp:is_active_in 5th century
4th century
gptkbp:is_associated_with gptkb:St._Anthony_the_Great
gptkb:St._Pachomius
gptkb:St._John_Cassian
gptkb:spiritual_guidance
gptkb:St._Macarius_the_Great
theophany
gptkbp:is_considered pioneers of monasticism
spiritual ancestors of monks
gptkbp:is_known_for gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:tourist_attraction
gptkb:charity
contemplation
mystical theology
solitude
humility
their teachings
their writings
their rejection of materialism
wisdom sayings
their teachings on love
their teachings on forgiveness
their teachings on the virtues
their teachings on the soul
their commitment to God
their emphasis on inner peace
their focus on the heart
their lives of simplicity
their role in the development of monastic rules
their teachings on community
their teachings on prayer
their teachings on repentance
their teachings on solitude
their teachings on the body
their teachings on the importance of prayer
their teachings on the nature of God
their teachings on the spiritual life
their teachings on the vices
gptkbp:origin gptkb:historical_figure
gptkbp:performed_by gptkb:church
silence
fasting
manual labor
gptkbp:wrote apophthegmata patrum