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Lions in the Desert: A Story of the First Christian Hermit

Lions in the Desert: A Story of the First Christian Hermit

Duerksen, Paul

Paperback

Christian FictionHistorical Fiction

ISBN10: 1092533222
ISBN13: 9781092533225
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 1 2019
Pages: 286
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.

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