Book of Donmon Teith

From the earliest centuries of the church, asceticism and the contemplative life have been profoundly important aspects of western Christianity. And in assessin

For all its rich history in the Latin lands, Christian monasticism began in the east; and it is from the third-century Egyptian wilderness that the wellsprings

From the earliest centuries of the church, asceticism and the contemplative life have been profoundly important aspects of western Christianity. And in assessin

Machine generated contents note:I.How it all began --II.Monks go West --III.first Western Rules for monks and nuns --IV.Coda: Western monasticism takes stock --