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| | Christian monasticism: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic |
 | | Christianity is an abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of jesus of nazareth as described in the... | | | Jesus, in the bible called jesus the nazarene and known among christians as jesus christ, is the central figure in christianity and is considered an... | | | Monasticism (from greek: monachos-a solitary person) is the religious practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote ones life to spiritual... |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/c/ch/christian_monasticism.htm
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| | Encyclopedia Coptica: The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church Of Egypt |
| | Monasticism was born in Egypt and was instrumental in the formation of the Coptic Church's character of submission and humbleness, thanks to the teachings and writings of the Great Fathers of Egypt's Deserts. | | | Perhaps the greatest glory of the Coptic Church is its Cross. | | | The Coptic church regards itself as a strong defendant of Christian faith. |
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http://www.coptic.net/EncyclopediaCoptica
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Monasticism |
| | Monasticism or monachism, literally the act of "dwelling alone" (Greek monos, monazein, monachos), has come to denote the mode of life pertaining to persons living in seclusion from the world, under religious vows and subject to a fixed rule, as monks, friars, nuns, or in general as religious. | | | Any such thing was rendered impossible by the circumstances in which the early Christians were placed, for in the first century or so of the Church's existence the idea of living apart from the congregation of the faithful, or of forming within it associations to practise special renunciations in common was out of the question. | | | Only one thing must always remain the same and that is the motive power which brought it into existence and has maintained it throughout the centuries, viz., the love of God and the desire to serve Him as perfectly as this life permits, leaving all things to follow after Christ. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10459a.htm
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| | Published in the Encyclopedia of Monasticism, Fitzroy Dearborn publishers (Chicago:2000), vol |
| | This is the original model for the sainted elder, the geron or staretz, of Eastern Christian literature, from Athanasius of Alexandria's portrait of the "father of monks" in The Life of Anthony, to Dostoyevsky's Staretz Zossima in The Brothers Karamazov. | | | Between the New Testament era and the fourth century, pre-Nicene Christianity highlights as heroes and exemplars of the Faith both the martyr and the ascetic, for example in the second century Shepherd of Hermas, where martyrs and virgins stand, respectively, at the right and left hand of Christ enthroned. | | | Likewise by the end of the fourth century, the chief expression of this spirituality, monasticism, has taken on the forms -- hermit, monastic village, and coenobium -- that it would use to the present. |
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http://www.marquette.edu/maqom/Spirituality
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| | Monasticism: Sample 4 |
| | On the other hand, Buddhist monasticism tends to be handled by units on religious studies, world religions, or the history of Buddhism or as a part of the more specialized courses, such as the sociology of rulership and religion or the anthropology of China. | | | These are (1) the world of paper and other nondigital, nonnetworked information; (2) the Internet as a whole; (3) the Web-based cyberspace; (4) the whole of the Buddhist (Christian) cyberspace; (5) the monastic Buddhist (Christian) cyberspace; (6) the cyberspace of a given monastic lineage/order; and (7) a Web site belonging to a given community. | | | Digital networked documents that pertain to Buddhist and Christian monasticism form two large and distinct groups: materials created within and materials created without the context of monastic life. |
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http://www.ciolek.com/PAPERS/fitzroydearborn2000.html
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| | History of Christian Monasticism - ReligionFacts |
| | In any event, the Benedictine form of monasticism proved congenial to the inhabitants of western Europe, and the monk came to symbolize for many the ideal form of Christian life. | | | Although their practices differed from the Christians following the policies of the bishop of Rome, the Irish were quite learned and skillful. | | | The eastern monk, Honoratus, established a community on the isle of Lèrins, of the coast of southern France, a community that soon developed a school of Christian doctrine and an example of the monastic life. |
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http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/history/monasticism.htm
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| | Egypt Religion |
| | Biography of the Egyptian hermit and monk, which also discusses his place and influence in the history of Christian monachism; by E. Butler, in The Catholic Encyclopedia. | | | Full text of Athanasius of Alexandria's Life of St. Antony, written between AD 356 and 362, the main source for subsequent biographies, from Medieval Sourcebook, Fordham University. | | | Dedicated to the study of Ancient Egyptian gods, myths, symbols, religious practices and Pharaohs. |
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http://www.egyptsites.com/dir/egypt-religion
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| | Publications: Thomas P. Rausch, S.J. |
| | ’s Quarrel with Roger Haight,” The Christian Century 122/9 (2005) 28-31. | | | Radical Christian Communities (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990). | | | "Hospitality, Christian," Encyclopedia of Monasticism, Vol I., ed William M. Johnston (Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000), 608-609. |
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http://myweb.lmu.edu/trausch/Publications.htm
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