Moses of Scetis

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Moses of Scetis was a 4th-century Christian monk and Desert Father, renowned for his dramatic conversion from bandit to ascetic and for his teachings on humility and non-judgment.

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Moses of Scetis canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian ascetic ⓘ
Christian monk ⓘ
Desert Father ⓘ
Egyptian Christian ⓘ
monastic spiritual teacher ⓘ
saint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abba Moses ⓘ
Moses the Black ⓘ
Moses the Ethiopian ⓘ
linked to: Moses the Black

Saint Moses the Black ⓘ
associatedWith Desert monasticism in Egypt ⓘ
Scetis monastic community ⓘ
birthCentury 4th century ⓘ
commemoratedAs saint and Desert Father ⓘ
convertedTo monastic life ⓘ
countryOfActivity Roman Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Egypt
deathCentury 4th century ⓘ
historicalContext late Roman Egypt ⓘ
languageContext Coptic Christian tradition ⓘ
legacy influence on Christian monastic spirituality ⓘ
model of radical conversion ⓘ
monasticRegion Scetis ⓘ
Wadi El Natrun ⓘ
notableFor dramatic conversion from bandit to monk ⓘ
example of repentance ⓘ
teachings on humility ⓘ
teachings on non-judgment ⓘ
occupationBeforeConversion bandit ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
role elder (abba) ⓘ
linked to: Elder

spiritual father ⓘ
sourceFor Apophthegmata Patrum ⓘ
spiritualDiscipline asceticism ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
teachingTheme inner transformation ⓘ
refusal to judge others ⓘ
self-knowledge ⓘ
tradition Desert Fathers ⓘ
veneratedIn Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
virtueEmphasized humility ⓘ
meekness ⓘ
non-judgment of others ⓘ
repentance ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abba Moses → hasName → Moses of Scetis ⓘ