Anthony and the Ascetics

The general title of this rubric in The Standard Bearer, "A Cloud of Witnesses," presupposes that the men whose lives we discuss were "heroes of faith." Sometimes, however, it is necessary to depart from this description to describe men who can hardly be "witnesses" to us because of important failures in their lives, but who are worth discussing because of the warnings of their theological and ethical errors which can easily creep into our lives. Such was Anthony and the ascetics. Their...