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MONASTICISM

MONASTICISM. Antony the Great. Antony the Great (d. 356) Ascetism Anchorite Desert Fathers Apophthegmata Patrum. St. Antony of Egypt. Antony’s cave. Desert Fathers. Macarius the Egyptian (ca. 300-390) Moses the Black (ca. 320-407) Abba Poemen (late 4 th -mid 5 th century) .

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MONASTICISM

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  1. MONASTICISM

  2. Antony the Great • Antony the Great (d. 356) • Ascetism • Anchorite • Desert Fathers • ApophthegmataPatrum

  3. St. Antony of Egypt

  4. Antony’s cave

  5. Desert Fathers • Macarius the Egyptian (ca. 300-390) • Moses the Black (ca. 320-407) • Abba Poemen(late 4th-mid 5th century)

  6. Hermits

  7. Anchorites

  8. Hermit’s cell

  9. St. Symeon the Stylites

  10. Irish eremitism

  11. Eremitism

  12. St. Pachomius

  13. Early Monasticism St. Pachomius (286-346) The ‘inventor’ of cenobitism…

  14. St. Basil The Great

  15. Today’s Greek-Orthodox cenobites

  16. In the Sinai

  17. Greek coenobitism

  18. Greek coenobitism

  19. St. Benedict

  20. St. Benedict (ca. 480-547)“The Father of Western Monasticism” • Abbot of Subiaco and Monte Cassino • Studied the rules of Pachomius and Basil

  21. The Rule of St. Benedict • Self-contained society • Vague rules • Moderation in all things • 4 key teachings: • 1. Opus Deior “Work of God.” • 2. LectioDivinaor “Sacred Reading.” • 3. Opus Manuumor “Manual Labor.” • 4. The abbot was in charge of all.

  22. Monte Cassino

  23. Ora et labora Practical Spiritual Vertical Horizontal

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