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Quotes from Conferences of the Desert Fathers — John Cassian

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For it was in the desert that he appeared to Moses and spoke to Elijah.

Conferences of the Desert Fathers (420)

For the rest, Jesus is also seen by those who dwell in cities and towns and villages—that is, by those who have an active way of life and its obligations—but not with that brightness with which he appears to those who are able to climb with him the aforesaid mount of the virtues—namely, to Peter, James, and John. For it was in the desert that he appeared to Moses and spoke to Elijah.

Conferences of the Desert Fathers (420)

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