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Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal

Explore the surprising groups that were attracted to monastic life in late antiquity and delve into the distinctive features that set it apart. Discover the intellectual and women's involvement, asceticism, separation from the world, meditation, mystical experiences, voluntary poverty, chastity, and the importance of community.

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Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal

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  1. Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal

  2. Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal I. Whom Did It Attract? – 2 somewhat surprising groups:

  3. Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal I. Whom Did It Attract? – 2 somewhat surprising groups: A. Intellectuals

  4. St. Basil the Great -one of the 3 Cappadocian Fathers -a founder of eastern monasticism

  5. Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal I. Whom Did It Attract? – 2 somewhat surprising groups: A. Intellectuals B. Women

  6. Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal I. Whom Did It Attract? – 2 somewhat surprising groups: A. Intellectuals B. Women - Desert Mothers

  7. Desert Mothers

  8. “Amma Theodora said that a teacher ought to be a stranger to the Desire for domination, vainglory and pride. One should not be able to fool that person by flattery, nor blind that person by gifts…Rather, the teacher should be patient, gentle and humble as far as possible; the teacher must also be tested and be without favoritism, full of concern for others, and a lover of souls.” -Theodora 5

  9. St. Mary of Egypt 18th-century Russian icon

  10. St. Mary with Abba Zosimas

  11. “Amma Sarah said to the brothers: ‘It is I who am a man; and you are the women!’” -Sarah 9

  12. Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal I. Whom Did It Attract? – 2 somewhat surprising groups: A. Intellectuals B. Women II. Distinctive Features of Monastic Life

  13. Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal I. Whom Did It Attract? – 2 somewhat surprising groups: A. Intellectuals B. Women II. Distinctive Features of Monastic Life A. Asceticism

  14. Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal I. Whom Did It Attract? – 2 somewhat surprising groups: A. Intellectuals B. Women II. Distinctive Features of Monastic Life A. Asceticism B. Separation from the world

  15. Turning your back on the world

  16. Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal I. Whom Did It Attract? – 2 somewhat surprising groups: A. Intellectuals B. Women II. Distinctive Features of Monastic Life A. Asceticism B. Separation from the world C. Meditation

  17. Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal I. Whom Did It Attract? – 2 somewhat surprising groups: A. Intellectuals B. Women II. Distinctive Features of Monastic Life A. Asceticism B. Separation from the world C. Meditation D. Mystical Experience

  18. Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal I. Whom Did It Attract? – 2 somewhat surprising groups: A. Intellectuals B. Women II. Distinctive Features of Monastic Life A. Asceticism B. Separation from the world C. Meditation D. Mystical Experience E. Voluntary Poverty

  19. Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal I. Whom Did It Attract? – 2 somewhat surprising groups: A. Intellectuals B. Women II. Distinctive Features of Monastic Life A. Asceticism B. Separation from the world C. Meditation D. Mystical Experience E. Voluntary Poverty F. Chastity

  20. Monastic Life in Late Antiquity: Distinctive Features & Appeal I. Whom Did It Attract? – 2 somewhat surprising groups: A. Intellectuals B. Women II. Distinctive Features of Monastic Life A. Asceticism B. Separation from the world C. Meditation D. Mystical Experience E. Voluntary Poverty F. Chastity G. Community

  21. The "Desert Fathers" below Christ and the Apostles

  22. Coptic monks' graffiti (carved on the Ptolemaic temple at Deir el-Medina)

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