CHRISTIAN MONASTICISM

Christian Monasticism

Christian Monasticism

Christian Monasticism

In the Western and Eastern Christian monasticism is characterized by a large number of traditional organizations. Although never used as a way of life led, as the Buddhist monastic, it has played a cultural continuity and adaptability of a very important role. Often, it is traced to the anti-secular movements in the 3rd century AD, and San Antonio in Egypt, in the form of the characteristics of desert anchorites. Traditional monastic enclosure in the East is due to St. Basil of Caesarea (379 AD) and his sister, St Peter Young, the Western tradition live in their ...