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The desert fathers arose when persecution ended

According to Henri Nouwen, the Desert Mothers and Fathers came into being as a response to the end of physical persecution. They sought a new form of witness in a world where it was no longer dangerous to claim the name of Christ. And they sought to separate themselves from a society that they felt was poisonous to Christian faith and practice. 💬 But if the world was no longer the enemy of the Christian, then the Christian had to become the enemy of the dark world.…