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Isidore of Pelusium
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Abba Isidore of Pelusium was one of the Desert Fathers quoted in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).
Quotes
Wortley John Give Me a Word: The Alphabetical Sayings of the Desert Fathers St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Yonkers, New York 2014 978-0-88141-497-4
Abba Isidore of Pelusium used to say:“A life without a word is more advantageous than a word without life;for the first, even in silence, is advantageous,while the second is a trouble-maker when it cries out,whereas if life and word run together they constitute the portrait of all philosophy.”
Saying 1
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Category:Desert Fathers
Category:Christians from Egypt
Category:Monks
Category:Saints