At Chenoboskion,St Pachomius was converted to Christianity in the 4th century. Pachomius retreated to this place, having ceased his military activity sometime around 310-315 (the approximate figure given is 314), and converted to Christianity whilst dwelling in the desert.[9][4]There is amonastery located at Chenoboskion that is dedicated to St Pachomius.[10]
People moved to the region to be near SaintAnthony the Great. A monastic community formed around the saint for the purpose of spiritual guidance, beginning in Pispir and from there moving eastward. The mountainous area east of Pispir is the place of the presentMonastery of Saint Anthony. The settlement of Chenoboskion created from this eastward movement began in theThebaid.[11]
The only remains of masonry consist of a dilapidated quay, amidst whose ruins is a stone bearing a Greek inscription, apparently of the time of Antoninus Pius; from which we learn that the individual, by whose order it was sculptured, had executed some work "at his own expense;" ...[2]
^J.D. McCaugheyonlinelibrary.wiley.com The Nag Hammadi or Chenoboskion LibraryA Bibliographical Survey by [Retrieved 2011-09-28]librarything.com websiteJohn Dartamazon.ca page 2 of Unearthing the Lost Words of Jesus: The Discovery and Text of the Lost Gospel of Thomas Ulysees press 1998 [Retrieved 2011-09-28]N. Sri RAMbooks.google.co.uk Theosophist Magazine September 1960-April 1961 [Retrieved 2011-09-28]Jean Doresseamazon.co.ukThe Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnosis: Introduction to the Gnostic Coptic Manuscripts Discovered at Chenoboskion [Retrieved 2011-09-28]catholicculture.org/ [Retrieved 2011-09-28]V. R. GoldJSTOR "Gnostic Library of Chenoboskion [Retrieved 2011-09-28] (originally referenced from Biblical Archeologist, 15 (1952) 70-88; from the article written atcatholicculture.orgtrinity Communications-(catholicculture.org) [Retrieved 2011-09-28]
^good brother Matthais W.Wahbastmarystlouis.bizland.com web-site his references originally from the San Francisco Coptic Orthodox church of St Antonio[Retrieved 2011-09-25]
Palmer, Williamarchive.org Egyptian chronicles : with a harmony of sacred and Egyptian chronology, and an appendix on Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities (1861) [Retrieved 2011-09-27]
Robert Northbooks.google.comChenoboskion and Q [Retrieved 2011-09-27]
David M. Scholerbooks.google.co.ukNag Hammadi Bibliography, 1948-1969 this link shows a list of books,those numbered 1259,1358,1419,1420,1424,1425,1441,1442,1445,1463,1464, relate to historical significance of this settlement [Retrieved 2011-09-27]
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