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Monasticism, its concept and role in society

open access: yesآداب الكوفة, 2013
Monasticism is a method used by the monk to worship and is cut off in his hermitage from the world in his monastery. Monastic monasticism has appeared in the Church of the East since the fourth century AD and with an Egyptian influence that began with ...
خالد الحسيني   +1 more
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The other Saint Bernard: The 'troubled and varied career' of Bernard of Abbeville, Abbot of Tiron [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Geoffrey Grossus' lengthy life of Bernard of Abbeville leaves unanswered many questions. Comparison with contemporary sources suggests that Bernard Was a career churchman with ail interest in ascetism and tire apostolic life, who left his original house ...
Thompson, K.
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Future of Catholic Monasteries on New Monastic Continents: The Case of Africa

open access: yesReligions, 2019
Catholic monasticism in Europe is often associated with a crisis of vocations, of credibility and sometimes the question of closing down. Looking at monasteries outside Europe, especially in Asia and Africa, we observe a dynamic of new foundations and ...
Isabelle Jonveaux
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Masculinity and monasticism

open access: yesGroundings, 2014
The Late Antique and early medieval periods saw the growth of monastic communities in the West, as ideas about asceticism and cenobitic monasticism spread from Egypt. At the same time, a strict system of hierarchical gender identity operated in the Roman
Deborah White
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Muhammad and Syrian Monasticism

open access: yesGerión, 2013
This paper compares fundamental aspects of religiousness in the Qur’an with that of Syrian Monasticism. Muhammad is a Christian heretic according to Saint John of Damascus, who lived many years in the Umayyad court, where he held important posts.
José María Blázquez Martínez
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Columbanus, charisma and the revolt of the monks of Bobbio [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The account of the revolt of the monks of Bobbio against Columbanus’ successor Attala by Jonas of Bobbio gives only some clues as to why it took place, but suggests that Attala was lacking charisma.
Dunn, M.
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Buddhist Pilgrimage at Mount Wutai: Architecture, Landscape, and Religious Heritage

open access: yesReligions, 2023
Mount Wutai, China’s earliest Buddhist center, dating to the Han Dynasty’s first century (206 BCE–220 CE), boasts over a hundred monasteries, numerous monuments, and ruins, drawing global pilgrims and travelers. Over its long history, as the geographical
Xiaolu Wang, Xiang Ren, Jan Woudstra
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On the Question of the Philosophical-Theological Interpretation of the Institute of Monasticism, the Practice of Ascension and Asceticism in the Works of Domestic Thinking Monks

open access: yesУкраїнське Pелігієзнавство, 2008
Monuments of spiritual and material culture of the Kievan Rus state, later periods of national history show that the general principles of Christian monasticism became known here at the same time as the first information about Christianity itself - first
Valeriy Volodymyrovych Klymov
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Monasticism, its birth, evolution and characteristics. [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology, 2018
Monasticism is a way of life that officially appeared in the 4th century CE, when many faithful people devoted to God lived a "rigorous" life. However, the cruel persecutions of the Roman emperors in the middle of the 3rd and early 4th centuries CE.
Dr Georgios Vlachos
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Omitting regulations on alienation, repentance, lament and contemplation in the final lessons of the first chapter of St. Sava’s Studenica Typikon [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2018
St. Sava wrote the benefactor’s hagiography of St. Simeon as the first chapter (letter) of the Studenica Typikon. He used Theodore the Studite’s The Small Catechesis 56 as the epilogue of biography which is according to the established rule read
Rakićević Tihon, Arhimandrit   +2 more
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