Paul come down to us from antiquity like a flame kindled from within his great apostolic heart a flame of indignation that the people he loved were being led astray from the path of Christ
and retold throughout the Middle Ages
and in the account written by one of their number we have a rare contemporary source of information about the lives of these Desert Fathers
in a new century and a new edition
The Communion of Love SVS Press Paul come down to us"Sugg. Donation" This collection of writings by Matthew the Poor focuses on the living Christ of history: His Nativity, Passion, Resurrection, Ascension, and relation to the Church and the Holy Spirit in dogmatic and ascetical theology. Revealing the essence of the Christian life in simple yet profound images, Matthew's discourses on humility, repentance, asceticism, fasting, suffering, and unity convey the Gospel message in powerful terms to modern