Pachomian Koinonia 2: Pachomian Chronicles and Rules Volume 46

by Armand Veilleux (Translator), Adalbert de Vogue (Foreword by)

Overview

Descriptions of Pachomian monastic communities from a variety of ancient sources, including the Lausiac History and A History of the Monks in Egypt, and full translations of the Rule of Saint Pachomius and the Regulation of his successor, Horsiesios.

Pachomian Chronicles and Rules is volume two in the three volume series on Pachomius and the origins of cenobitic monasticism. 

Pachomian Koinonia: The Lives, Rules, and Other Writings of Saint Pachomius and His Disciples
Volume 1:  The Life of Saint Pachomius and His Disciples
Volume 2:  Pachomian Chronicles and Rules
Volume 3:  Instructions, Letters and Other Writings of Saint Pachomius and his Disciples

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879079468
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	01/01/1981
Series:	Cistercian Studies , #46
Edition description:	Annotated
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

Editorial Reviews

this series is recommended to anyone interested in early history and spirit of cenobitism and religious life
Spiritual Life


. . . a major contribution to patristic scholarship on the highest level of scientific accuracy.
Speculum


. . . it is unlikely that these fascinating and unparalleled volumes will be superseded . . .
The Catholic Historical Review


. . . they deserve a place on the bookshelf of every scholar interested in the patristic period
Patristics

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