The Paradise of the Holy Fathers

The Paradise of the Fathers is the classic compilation of the lives and teachings of the early monastic saints. It has been said that for a monastic to achieve perfection there are only two books needed: the Bible and the Paradise of the Fathers. This volume is translated from a Syriac manuscript discovered in 1888 by Dr. Ernest A. Wallis Budge.This is a revised and edited edition Volume II: Contains the Sayings of the Fathers and Questions and Answers about the monastic life.