Apophthegmata patrum
Savvidis, Kyriakos (Bochum)
(Ἀποφθέγματα πατρῶν; Apophthégmata patrôn). Anonymous collection of ‘Patristic sayings’ belonging to the most copied works of early monasticism. It contains short anecdotes of early monastic life and the anachoresis in the Egyptian desert. They are teachings, prophetic predictions and miraculous acts that describe the daily routine of the monks. Particularly characteristic of the apophthegmata patrum are those sayings that are formulaically introduced by the plea of a believer who petitioned the anchorite in search of advice: ‘Tell me a word so that I may be saved’ (εἰπέ μοι ῥῆμα, πῶς σωθῶ; eipé moi rhêma, pôs sōthô). They are arranged under the name of the anchorite, the respective virtue or the respective vice. The reception of the apophthegmata patrum as ‘Patristic books’ (πατερικά; pateriká) or ‘books on the elders’ (γεροντικά; gerontiká) resulted in differing selections of proverbs, which were reworked for the respective edition.
Ascetism; Egypt
Savvidis, Kyriakos (Bochum)
Bibliography
Cite this page: Savvidis, Kyriakos (Bochum). "Apophthegmata patrum." Brill’s New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider. Brill Online, 2013. Reference. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). 31 October 2013 <http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/apophthegmata-patrum-e128850>
(Ἀποφθέγματα πατρῶν; Apophthégmata patrôn). Anonymous collection of ‘Patristic sayings’ belonging to the most copied works of early monasticism. It contains short anecdotes of early monastic life and the anachoresis in the Egyptian desert. They are teachings, prophetic predictions and miraculous acts that describe the daily routine of the monks. Particularly characteristic of the apophthegmata patrum are those sayings that are formulaically introduced by the plea of a believer who petitioned the anchorite in search of advice: ‘Tell me a word so that I may be saved’ (εἰπέ μοι ῥῆμα, πῶς σωθῶ; eipé moi rhêma, pôs sōthô). They are arranged under the name of the anchorite, the respective virtue or the respective vice. The reception of the apophthegmata patrum as ‘Patristic books’ (πατερικά; pateriká) or ‘books on the elders’ (γεροντικά; gerontiká) resulted in differing selections of proverbs, which were reworked for the respective edition.
Ascetism; Egypt
Savvidis, Kyriakos (Bochum)
Bibliography
- w. bousset, Apophthegmata. Studien zur Gesch. des ältesten Mönchtums, Textüberlieferung und Charakter der A. P., 1923 (repr. 1969)
- r. draguet, Les Apohthegmes des moines d'Égypte. Problèmes littéraires, in: Bulletin de la classe des lettres et des sciences morales et politiques de l'académie roy. de Belgique 47, 1961, 134-149
- j.-c. guy, Note sur l'évolution du genre apophthegmatique, in: Revue d'ascétique et de mystique 32 (1954), 63-68.
Cite this page: Savvidis, Kyriakos (Bochum). "Apophthegmata patrum." Brill’s New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider. Brill Online, 2013. Reference. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). 31 October 2013 <http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/apophthegmata-patrum-e128850>
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