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The Life of Antony
Athanasius of Alexandria · Christianity · c. 360 CE
Translated by H. Ellershaw (1892)
8 chapters
Athanasius's biography of the founder of Christian monasticism — the most-read and most-imitated saint's life ever written, and the seed of all Western monastic tradition.
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Contents
- 1Prologue and Antony's Early Life (Sections 1-10)
- 2Into the Desert (Sections 11-15)
- 3Antony's Discourse to the Monks (Sections 16-43)
- 4The Monastic Life Flourishes (Sections 44-58)
- 5The Miracles and Visions of Antony (Sections 59-66)
- 6Antony, the Church, and the Heretics (Sections 67-80)
- 7The Philosophers Confounded (Sections 81-84)
- 8Antony's Last Days and Death (Sections 85-94)
