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31Christian monasticism — Icon of Saint Anthony the Great, the founder of Christian monasticism. Christian monasticism is a practice which began to develop early in the history of the Christian Church, modeled upon scriptural examples and ideals, including those in the… …
32Western Monasticism — Western Monasticism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Western Monasticism (1) Pre Benedictine Period The introduction of monasticism into the West may be dated from about A.D. 340 when St. Athanasius visited Rome accompanied by the two… …
33Eastern Monasticism Before Chalcedon — Eastern Monasticism Before Chalcedon (A.D. 451) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Eastern Monasticism Before Chalcedon (A.D. 451) Egypt was the Motherland of Christian monasticism. It sprang into existence there at the beginning of the fourth …
34Christian monasticism before 451 — Eastern Christian monasticism developed for around a century and a half, and as a spontaneous religious movement, up to the time of the Council of Chalcedon, which took place in 451. At that Council, monasticism had become an acknowledged part of …
35New Monasticism — New Monasticism, or Neomonasticism, can refer either to a modern movement modelled on a monastic way of life in a contemporary context or a movement within Roman Catholicism to expand the way of life of traditional monastic communities to lay… …
36Eastern Monasticism — Eastern Monasticism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Eastern Monasticism (1) Origin The first home of Christian monasticism is the Egyptian desert. Hither during persecution men fled the world and the danger of apostasy, to serve God in… …
37Coptic monasticism — Part of the series on Copts Culture …
38Eastern Christian monasticism — is the life followed by monks and nuns of Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism. Some authors will use the term Basilian to describe Eastern monks; however, this is incorrect, since the Eastern Church does not have… …
39Degrees of Eastern Orthodox monasticism — Part of a series on Eastern Christianity …
40idiorrhythmic monasticism — ▪ Christianity also called eremitic monasticism (from Greek eremos, “desert”) the original form of monastic life in Christianity, as exemplified by St. Anthony of Egypt (Anthony of Egypt, Saint) (c. 250–355). It consisted of a total… …
