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What You Need To Know About The Church

What You Need To Know About The Church. Three Parts of Society. 1. Nobility 2. The Church 3. Everybody Else. The Monastery (aka The Abbey). Each monastery endeavored to form an independent, self-supporting community whose monks had no need of going beyond its limits for anything.

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What You Need To Know About The Church

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  1. What You Need To KnowAbout The Church

  2. Three Parts of Society 1. Nobility 2. The Church 3. Everybody Else

  3. The Monastery (aka The Abbey) Each monastery endeavored to form an independent, self-supporting community whose monks had no need of going beyond its limits for anything. In course of time, as a monastery increased in wealth and number of inmates, it might come to form an enormous establishment, covering many acres and presenting within its massive walls the appearance of a fortified town.

  4. Titles in the Church Pope: Head of the church, he is based at the Vatican. Cardinal: advisors to the pope Arch Bishop: Oversees bishops Bishop: A bishop, like a priest, is ordained to this station. He is a teacher of church doctrine, a priest of sacred worship, and a minister of church government. Abbot: head of the monastery Prior: runs the monastery in the abbot’s absence Dean: supervises monks Monk: the other guys—each had a job

  5. Monk appearance Tonsure: clean shaven, except for a narrow strip around the head. Monk for life Strict discipline Could not leave the monastery without permission

  6. Why Become a Monk? To devote their lives to serving God To live a life in a secure retreat To escape from a violent world To lead a quiet and peaceful life

  7. VOWS • Monks took the following vows: • A) the vow of poverty • B) the vow of chastity • C) the vow of obedience

  8. The Monastery

  9. Life in the Monastery Washing and cooking Farming/gathering food Producing wine, ale, and honey Providing medical care for the community Providing education Copying manuscripts Providing hospitality for pilgrims (travelers)

  10. Monastery Titles/Positions Abbot - the head of an abbey Almoner - dispensed alms to the poor and sick Barber Surgeon - the monk who shaved the faces and tonsures of the monks and performed light surgery Cantor - leads the choir Cellarer - the cellarer was the monk who supervised the general provisioning of the monastery (keeps up with inventory)

  11. Infirmarian - the monk in charge of the infirmary Lector - reads the lessons in church or in the refectory. Sacrist - responsible for the safekeeping of books, vestments and vessels, and for the maintenance of the monastery's buildings Prior - in charge under the abbot

  12. Daily Life in the Monastery Matins : 2 am Lauds : 5 am Prime : 6 am Terce: 9 am Sext : noon Nones : 3 pm Vespers : 4 – 5 pm Compline : the last services, recited before retiring (6pm) All work stops, and you go to prayer time

  13. Rooms in a Monastery Cellarium: storeroom Chapter-house: meeting room Garderobe: bathroom Granary: place to store grain Infirmary: hospital Lavatorium: room with running water for washing Refectory: dining hall Sacristy: where the sacred stuff is kept

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