The Apophthegmata Patrum – Abba Antony Saint Athanasius’s portrait of Saint Antony was not the only one.1 There were other traditions about him that circulated among desert Christians. Some were recorded in a remarkable collection known as the Apophthegmata Patrum, or Sayings of the Fathers. Antony appears here not as a mythic hero unflinchingly battling the forces of evil. Instead, … Read More
