Ward: [Abba Poemen] also said, "The first time flee; the second time, flee; and the third, become like a sword." - Poemen

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Ward: [Abba Poemen] also said, "The first time flee; the second time, flee; and the third, become like a sword."

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Abba (c. 340–450) was an Egyptian Christian monk and early Desert Father who is the most quoted Abba (Father) in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).

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