Talk:Macarius of Egypt

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[edit] Deleted external links

The editor who deleted external links at this article has made similar deletions at many other articles, including links to on-line text of many Early Christian writers. Discussion of this behavior, which would have been routinely reverted as vandalism if it were from an anonymous IP, may be found at Talk:Papias. --Wetman 18:53, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

I have reinstated the link to Schaff-Herzog, should anyone ever want to mention the actual writings of the historical Macarius, to add to the thin pabulum of the current article. The story of Macarius' parents being Abraham and Sarah, etc etc, needs to be sourced: it's too transparently fictional simply to report as history. --Wetman 10:26, 26 December 2006 (UTC)