Desert Fathers
5th century · AD 500 · Eastern & Byzantine · 276 passages
In his own words on Lamentations
- Lamentations 3:39-40
A hermit said, 'In every trial do not blame other people but blame yourself, saying, "This has happened to me because of my sins." '
The Desert Fathers, Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.