Extreme Hermits: The Anchorites

There is increasing interest in and research into what might be thought of as the “Extreme Hermits”, the Anchorites. “(‘anachoréo, I withdraw), also hermits (èremîtai, desert-dwellers, Latin, eremitæ). In Christian terminology, men who have sought to triumph over the two unavoidable enemies of human salvation, the flesh and the devil, by depriving them of the … Continue reading Extreme Hermits: The Anchorites