The Church Fathers · c. 360
The Life of Antony
Vita Antonii
Athanasius of Alexandria · c. 296–373
What it is
The life of the Egyptian hermit who heard the gospel read in church, sold everything, and went into the desert — told as a spiritual biography of temptation, discipline, and eventual public authority.
Why it lasted
The book that launched monasticism across the Mediterranean and, by Augustine's own account, helped push him toward conversion.
Scripture it works from
Where to read it
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