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Full Catholic Courses · Shop Now · Visit Us Today · Free Shipping On Books. Sayings of the Desert Fathers - Free ebook download as PDF File .pdf), Text File .txt) or read book online for free. Scribd is the world's largest social reading and publishing site. Sayings of the Desert Fathers *Abba Agathon 1) It was said concerning Abba Agathon that some monks came to find him having heard tell of his great discernment. Wanting to see if he would .  The Sayings of the Desert Fathers has been for centuries an inspiration to those Christians who strove for an uncom­ promising obedience to the word and to the spirit of the Gospel; yet the modern reader, used to an intellectual, dis­ cursive way of exposition and also to greater emotional effu­. 15) It was said of Abba John the Dwarf that he withdrew and lived in the desert at Scetis with an old man of Thebes. His Abba, taking a piece of dry wood, planted it and said to him, 'Water it every day with a bottle of water, until it bears fruit.' Now the water was so far away that he had to leave in the evening and return the following morning. The anonymous sayings of the Desert Fathers: a select edition and complete English translation / edited and translated by John Wortley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn (Hardback) 1. Desert Fathers – Quotations. 2. Spiritual life – Christianity – Quotations, maxims, etc. 3.