Overview
Little is known of Paul of Thebes, the first Christian hermit. We know he grew up in Thebes, Egypt, inherited wealth from his parents as a teenager, and felt forced to flee Thebes when Roman persecutions against Christians began under Emperor Decius' brief reign. After searching and wandering in the wilderness he finally settled on a special haven enclosed by mountains where a single palm tree grew. And then? The man lived a life of prayer for the next eighty-plus years! What happened during all that time? In this imaginative historical novel I try to tell the meaningful, logical story of that more secret, secluded part of his life. I show how his life story became the foundation of later worldwide Christian monasticism.
- | Author: Paul Duerksen
- | Publisher: Independently Published
- | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 286 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1092533222
- | ISBN-13: 9781092533225
