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Life of St. Anthony
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Athanasius the bishop to the brethren in foreign parts.
Prologue
You have entered upon a noble rivalry with the monks of Egypt by your determination either to equal or surpass them in your training in the way of virtue. For by this time there are monasteries among you, and the name of monk receives public recognition. With reason, therefore, all men will approve this determination, and in answer to your prayers God will give its fulfilment. Now since you asked me to give you an account of the blessed Antony's way of life, and are wishful to learn how he began the discipline, who and what manner of man he was previous to this, how he closed his life, and whether the things told of him are true, that you also may bring yourselves to imitate him, I very readily accepted your behest, for to me also the bare recollection of Antony is a great accession of help. And I know that you, when you have heard, apart from your admiration of the man, will be wishful to emulate his determination; seeing that for monks the life of Antony is a sufficient
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The Life Of St. Anthony
Peter Huys (1519-1584) Tentation de Saint-Antoine
Ce petit livre, écrit par Anathase d'Alexandrie, un chrétien égyptien de culture grecque du IIIème siècle, est une biographie un peu fantaisiste de Antoine d'Égypte, lequel passe pour le fondateur de l’érémitisme. Je me demande néanmoins si ce type d’ascétisme n’existait par avant, pensant à ceux dont Philon parle dans ses écrits. Anathase écrivant comme s'il était en train d'édifier des jeunes gens, le but est de faire d'Antoine un véritable héros, quitte à charger son histoire d'une foule d'histoires invraisemblables. Lucien aurait fait son miel de ce ramassis de fables, s'il avait vécu un siècle et demi plus tard. Mais au delà du merveilleux, il y a, pour Anathase, un message moral à faire passer, un exemple à donner, un but à fixer.
Antoine grandit éduqué dans le christianisme, se retrouve orphelin jeune, à la tête des biens de la famille et ayant à veiller sur une jeune sœur. Comme il a été bien endoctriné dès l’âge le plus tendre, il choisit tout naturellement de suivre les très excellents conseils des évangiles, lesquels nous invitent à abandonner les membres de notre famille, à donner nos biens aux pauvres, et à partir à l’aventure sans nous soucier du lendemain, puisque l
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Troparion & Kontakion
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