St Athanasius the Great LIFE OF ST ANTHONY THE GREAT, Complete

Translated by Cardinal Newman.

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S:S:14, 15. How he left the fort, and how monasticism began to flourish in Egypt. Anthony its leader.

S:S:16-43. His address to monks, rendered from Coptic, exhorting them to perseverance, and encouraging them against the wiles of Satan.

S:44. The growth of the monastic life at this time (about A.D. 305).

S:45. How Anthony renewed his ascetic endeavours at this time.

S:46. How he sought martyrdom at Alexandria during the Persecution (311).

S:47. How he lived at this time.

S:48. How he delivered a woman from an evil spirit.

S:S:49, 50. How at this time he betook himself to his 'inner mountain.'

S:S:51-53. How he there combated the demons.

S:54. Of the miraculous spring, and how he edified the monks of the 'outer' mountain, and of Anthony's sister.

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