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Descriptions of Pachomian monastic communities from a variety of ancient sources, including the Lausiac History and A History of the Monks in Egypt, and full translations of the Rule of Saint Pachomius and the Regulation of his successor, Horsiesios.
Pachomian: The Life of Saint Pachomius is volume one in the three volume series on Pachomius and the origins of cenobitic monasticism.
Pachomian Koinonia: The Life of Saint Pachomius
Volume 1: The Life of Saint Pachomius and His Disciples
Volume 2: Pachomian Chronicles and Rules
Volume 3: Instructions, Letters and Other Writings of Saint Pachomius and his Disciples
Contents
Foreword by Adalbert de Vogüé vii
Translator’s Preface xxv
Critical Editions xxx
Introduction to the Life of Pachomius 1
The Bohairic Life 23
Notes to the Bohairic Life 266
The First Greek Life 297
Notes to the First Greek Life 407
The First Sahidic Life (fragments) 425
Notes to the First Sahidic Life 441
The Second Sahidic Life (fragments) 444
Notes to the Second Sahidic Life 449
The Tenth Sahidic Life (fragments) 450
Notes to the Tenth Sahidic Life 457
Synoptic Table of SBo and G1 458
Chronological Table 465
Glossary 474
Sources 477
Pachomian Bibliography 481
Map 489
Abbreviations 490
Sigla 492