Roots of Asceticism

    Table of Contents ||| Clement of Rome ||| Epistle to Diognetus ||| St Polycarp ||| St Ignatius ||| Justin the Martyr ||| St. Irenaeus ||| Hermas ||| Clement of Alexandria ||| Tertullian ||| St. Basil the Great ||| Links

     This is a selection of sources on the origins of Christian monasticism, where Bible is already interpreted in ways that will lead to the organised and mature monastic exercise of later periods. You can select directly an author from the menu above, or browse the table of contents