Israeli archaeologists discovered rare 1,400-year-old gold treasure at an ancient monastery site in Judean Desert, including ...

In Western Christian monasticism, the abbot was conceived as the supreme authority within the monastery. Under the Rule of St. Benedict, he governed the spiritual, moral and disciplinary life of the ...

This expansive illustrated guide to Christian monasticism offers a history of various monastic traditions and shows the rise of monasticism in different parts of the world. Although the text can be ...

(The Conversation) — Christian monasticism developed in part because people were seeking the solace of quiet places. But for them, like us, it was a struggle. In some parts of the world, a mysterious ...

How would you explain monasticism to Protestants who feel Christians should be out in the world, seeking to convert lost souls? To them, monks/nuns are hiding from society’s ills, not helping to mend ...

Monasticism can also seem strange and confusing. In books, museums, and historical buildings, we often come across terms like ‘Benedictine’ and ‘Cistercian’, or ‘Dominican’ and ‘Jesuit’, without ...

The monastic alternative, at least in the West, has become so deeply unfashionable that most people no longer consider the possibility, but there is, at least to me, something deeply appealing about ...

Book review: Learning from the sons and daughters of Sts. Benedict and Scholastica, Patrick Henry sees a Benedictine world of many options that offer a fresh understanding of how to live as a ...

There's a growing movement of people using monastic traditions in everyday life It’s hard to open a newspaper these days – particularly health supplements – without reading about the benefits of ...

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