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The New Review September 1935

1935

They consist of an immense number of anecdotes maxims and conversations attributed to the leaders of Egyptian monasticism of the fourth and the early fifth century and above all to those of the desert of Scetis the modern Wadi Natrun on the East of the Libyan Desert. [...] The late Wilhelm Bousset devoted the last years of his life to the study of these collections and came to the conclusion that they represented a genuine contemporary tradition of the school of Abba Poemen one of the last great leaders of Scetic monasticism and were finally collected and codified in the later part of the fifth century. [...] The unit was the individual monk and his disciple whom he trained in the ascetical life like the guru and his chela in India and the ultimate authority was neither that of the priest nor that of the community but the counsels of the old men who were regarded as the organs of the spirit It was said of a certain great old man tlmt if any man came to ask of him a word he nick! :Answer with great [...] The main difference between the Eastern and Western collections is that Jerome's Lives of the Fathers take the first place in the latter and perhaps give their name to the collection while in the East it is the Lausiac History of Palladius that has the place of honour and gives its name to the whole work. [...] The AttorneGeneral is the Minister in charge of Law and the Financial secretary is head of the Treasury and in charge of Finance.228 THE NEW REVIEW All the other departments of the Government are under the control of seven Standing Committees to which the members of the State Council are assigned in equal numbers.
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Pages
98
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United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.120030
Segment Pages Author Actions
The Literature of Early Monasticism
201-218 Christopher Dawson view
The Growth of the Political Conscience in Ceylon
219-232 S.J.K. Crowther view
The Brilliant S.V. Bede
233-237 J.P. Fonseka view
An Ambassador of China
238-250 H.C.E. Zacharias view
The Field
251-259 R. Gonsalves view
Beschi the Tamil Scholar and Poet
260-270 Thomas Srinivasan view
The State and Agriculture in India
271-280 M. Aloysius view
Some Recent Books
281-296 M. S.J. Ledrus view

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