The Life of Antony: The Coptic Life and The Greek Life 312.62 and to climb Mount Tabor

and to climb Mount Tabor and behold the mystery of the transfigured Lord

Every monastery exudes the scent of holiness

but until now the entire text had not been translated into English

It is also an exquisitely crafted love song to the Virgin (troubadour style)

but has been a constant presence throughout the development of the church

The Life of Antony: The Coptic Life and The Greek Life 312.62 and to climb Mount Tabor"Sugg. Donation" Instrumental in the conversion of many, including St. Augustine, The Life of Antony provided the model saint's life and constitutes, in the words of patristics scholar Johannes Quasten, 'the most important document of early monasticism.' Here is one volume are translations of the text in the Greek written by Athanasius (from the new critical edition of G. J. M. Bartelink) and in the Coptic, the language Antony himself spoke. Two short