Isidore of Scetes
Appearance
Abba Isidore of Scetes was one of the Desert Fathers quoted in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).
Quotes
[edit]- Wortley, John (2014). Give Me a Word: The Alphabetical Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Yonkers, New York: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN 978-0-88141-497-4.
- He also said: “For my part, when I was younger and staying in my cell, I had no time limit to synaxis; night and day were synaxis for me.”
- Saying 4
- The same elder [Abba Poemen] said of Abba Isidore that when he spoke to the brothers in church, this was the only thing he said: “Brothers, it is written: ‘Forgive your neighbor that you may receive forgiveness.’”
- Saying 10