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Pachomius the Great

4th century · AD 348 · Syriac & Oriental · 36 passages

Background on Pachomius the Great

In his own words on Daniel

  • Daniel 12:3

    Quick, flee from sin, think at once of death, for it is written, "The prudent person treats sin harshly, and the face of ascetics will shine like the sun."

    INSTRUCTIONS 1:32

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.