The studies regarding monasticism and voluntary poverty in the patristic Church

The essays herein presented as The studies regarding monasticism and voluntary poverty in the patristic Church constitute a collec‑ tion of the English translations of ten representative articles which since 2008 I have devoted to the theme of monasticism and volun‑ tary poverty in the First – Fourth century Church. The individual chapters of this book were previously published in a form of arti‑ cles to which I have the author’s right. All of them have been thor‑ oughly revised for the purpose of including them in this book. The research aim I had in each of my explorations was the attempt to answer the question: “What is voluntary monastic poverty in the patristic thought?” I looked for the answer in the source texts spe‑ cific for the discussed subject. For that reason this book has the character of a study of theological sources with the use of the his‑ toric and theological methods