Apophthegmata Patrum

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Christian spiritual classic collection of sayings early Christian monastic text

Apophthegmata Patrum is a collection of sayings and anecdotes of the Desert Fathers that became a foundational text of early Christian monastic spirituality.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Apophthegmata Patrum sayings	1
Collationes Patrum	1
Sayings in the Apophthegmata Patrum	1
Sayings of the Desert Fathers	1
Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian spiritual classic ⓘ collection of sayings ⓘ early Christian monastic text ⓘ
associatedWith	Christian monastic spirituality ⓘ Desert Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ Desert Mothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	anecdotes of the Desert Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ sayings of the Desert Fathers ⓘ
focusesOn	Desert Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian desert monasticism ⓘ ascetic spirituality ⓘ early Christian monasticism ⓘ
genre	hagiography ⓘ spiritual sayings collection ⓘ
geographicalContext	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Apophthegmata of the Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ Apophthegmata ton Pateron NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEnglishName	Sayings of the Desert Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLatinName	Apophthegmata Patrum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVersion	Alphabetical Collection of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ Anonymous Collection of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ Systematic Collection of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Benedictine spirituality ⓘ Cistercian spirituality ⓘ Eastern Orthodox monasticism ⓘ Western Christian monasticism ⓘ later collections of monastic sayings ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Latin ⓘ
originalLanguage	Greek ⓘ
preservedIn	Greek manuscripts ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Eastern Christianity ⓘ
structureType	alphabetical collection ⓘ systematic collection ⓘ
subjectMatter	ascetic practices ⓘ charity ⓘ discernment ⓘ humility ⓘ obedience ⓘ prayer ⓘ spiritual warfare ⓘ
timeOfComposition	5th–6th century ⓘ
translatedInto	Coptic ⓘ Latin ⓘ Syriac ⓘ modern European languages ⓘ
usedIn	Christian spiritual direction ⓘ monastic formation ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Historia Monachorum in Aegypto → relatedWork → Apophthegmata Patrum ⓘ

Conferences → alsoKnownAs → Apophthegmata Patrum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Collationes Patrum

Theodora of Alexandria → describedIn → Apophthegmata Patrum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayings of the Desert Fathers

Amma Sarah → notableWork → Apophthegmata Patrum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayings in the Apophthegmata Patrum

Amma Sarah → source → Apophthegmata Patrum ⓘ

Syncletica of Alexandria → sourceOf → Apophthegmata Patrum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apophthegmata Patrum sayings

Amma Theodora → sourceOfInformation → Apophthegmata Patrum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers