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'''[[Monks]]'''


'[[Monasticism]]' is literally the act of 'dwelling alone'. A monk is someone who has separated himself from what might be called the "[[world]]". Since he often lived in a community being ''alone'' did not mean he was not with others.
a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, <Br>chastity, and obedience.<Br>
synonyms: brother, religious, cenobite, contemplative, mendicant;
friar; abbot, prior; novice, oblate, postulant; lama, marabout<Br>
"the monks teach a class in organic gardening"


[[Monks]]
[[Monasticism]]<Br>
'[[Monasticism]]' is literally the act of 'dwelling alone'. A monk is someone who has separated himself from what might be called the "[[world]]". Since he often lived in a community being ''alone'' did not mean he was not with others. A historical look at [[Monasticism]] with hope of looking at where many monastics strayed from Christ's principles.


[[Monasticism]]
[[Married Monks]]<Br>
Should monks take a vow of celibacy?


[[Married Monks]]
[[Lost Monks]]<Br>
Did the church go wrong in the formation of Abbeys and other forms of monastic life?


[[Lost Monks]]
'''[[Modern Monastic life]]'''<Br>
Is a look at modern Abbeys and monasteries including a review of August Turak  businessman's perspective of the Trappist monks at '''[[Mepkin Abbey]]'''.


Abbey of Cambron
Also contains a video of 5 volunteer testing life at '''Worth Abbey''' in England.
http://kenstraussposts.blogspot.com/2007/06/160607-abbey-of-cambron.html


The story of a Cistercian Abbey founded in 1148 by Saint Bernard. Its monks served the poor for the first several-hundred year.


In appreciative local landowners gave the abbey many tracts of fertile land that by the 1600’s it extended over more than 6000 hectares (nearly 15,000 acres).
Austerity vanished until their monks were known more for their wealth than servie ‘riche comme un moine de Cambron’ (‘as rich as a monk from Cambron’).
Drawn by greed for the abbey’s treasures and resentment of its political power  Louis XIV attacked it with 12,000 men and 18 cannon and through the 18th century corruption and decadence were rife.
In 1789 the Austrian emperor, Joseph II, withdrew financial support, alleging that it had become ‘useless’ as a religious order.
Today the ruins of this abbey have been converted into one of the largest bird sanctuaries in Europe.
[[Modern Monastic life]]
'''A look at modern Abbeys and monasteries'''
August Turak  gives a businessman's perspective of the Trappist monks at '''[[Mepkin Abbey]]'''.
At '''Worth Abbey''' in England 5 men volunteer to examine monastic life in a video documentary.
{{#ev:youtube|ch0SY2pHkDg|320|right|Modern Monastic life part 1-3 of many <Br>
on YouTube '''The Monastery 2005 episode 1 of 3''' <Br>
http://youtu.be/ch0SY2pHkDg}}
Interesting examination of monastic life as seen through the eyes of 5 volunteers.
It is really all about and the psychology and even the deception of a mental prison  monastic life may form. The institutionalizing of monks as you sometime see with prisoners is common and not part of Christ's plan.
Monastic life is not without its own merits. It this isolated life where many distractions are stripped away you see men dealing with the problems of relationships.
Of course the same problems can be confronted by married monks as with any married people. What seems to be in short supply amongst some modern [[Monks]] and [[Churches]] in general is pure [[Religion|religion]].
The purpose of the Church as an institution of Christ has been very much abandoned by most [[Religion|religions]] and [[Churches]].
So what should real monastic life be like?




Revision as of 15:03, 17 December 2013

Monks

a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty,
chastity, and obedience.
synonyms: brother, religious, cenobite, contemplative, mendicant; friar; abbot, prior; novice, oblate, postulant; lama, marabout
"the monks teach a class in organic gardening"

Monasticism
'Monasticism' is literally the act of 'dwelling alone'. A monk is someone who has separated himself from what might be called the "world". Since he often lived in a community being alone did not mean he was not with others. A historical look at Monasticism with hope of looking at where many monastics strayed from Christ's principles.

Married Monks
Should monks take a vow of celibacy?

Lost Monks
Did the church go wrong in the formation of Abbeys and other forms of monastic life?

Modern Monastic life
Is a look at modern Abbeys and monasteries including a review of August Turak businessman's perspective of the Trappist monks at Mepkin Abbey.

Also contains a video of 5 volunteer testing life at Worth Abbey in England.



Monks | Minister | Titular Servants | Elder | Deacon | Bishop | Overseer |
ordain | appoint | Orders | Religious Orders | Rules of St Benedict |
Married Monks | Mendicant | Lost Monks | Monasticism | Modern Monastic life |
Churches | Levites | Vow of poverty | All things common | Guidelines |
Liturgy | Priests | Eucharist | Daily ministration | Christian conflict |
Diocletianic Persecution | Altars | Fringes | Breeches | Red heifer | Sabbath |

Footnotes

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