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| Characteristics of the 3rd century Christian Monastics |
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1) Appeared in Egypt and Asia minor during period of persecution under Decius and Diocletian
2) emphasis on ehtical purity, holiness, and separation from the world
3) rural movement; escaping corruption/world
4) a lay movement without direction or formal leadership; it was just parallel to episcopacy |
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| What was the shift of the most powerful sentiments in the early Christian church? |
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the monk replaced the martyr in 4th 5th century as symbol for highest virtue in Christianity
Moved from engagement with disengagement
Green Martyrdom. it used to be martyrdom as highest form of discipleship, now it was replaced by monasticism as persecutions ceased. total commitment wasnt a road to death anymore - now its a road to separation and communion |
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| What were the two types of monasticism |
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Eremitic (Anchorites) - Separates themselves out. Alone, quiet with God
Cenobitic (common life) - more common today. community of faith. Reminds ourselves who God is and what He's doing |
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| St. Anthony of Egpty (and his two motivations) |
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Eremetic Monasticism
Sold everything.
1) to live a spiritual life in obedience to scripture
2) live his life away form society as protest about poverty injustice. |
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Shift to Cenobitic monasticism
believed people were made to live in community. By his death there was 9 monastaries and 2 convents. |
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| Characteristics of Pachomius' monasticism |
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Moved into communal monasticism
1) order for daily life 2) each man has trade 3) pray 12x a day 4) Celebrate Eucharist 2x per week 5) short list of rules |
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Bishop of Casearea
"dont cut off the contemplative life from society"
Est. monastaries w/IN cities
engage/fight evil within world and culture, don't just run away. |
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| Characteristics of Basil's monasticism |
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Small; 30-40 members
work and praye broken into 6 services at night and 2 in day
celebrate eucharist 4x per week
organized to serve others
staffed schools and orphanages
monastery under episcopal control
wrote longer rules and shorter rules for community |
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Biblical scholar and monk - Roman Christian
Struggles with love for classical thinkers versus bible alone - leads an extreme movement
Contributes to western monasticism through "Latin vulage" and "against Jovian" |
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| Commission by Pope Damascus, took 23 years using Greek and Latin manuscripts. But Jerome's Hebrew wasn't so good. Gave Moses some horns. |
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| Establish ascetism as norm for monastic life in the West. Ascetism and monasticism were highest forms of discipleship, other statuses made you lower |
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| The impact of Muslim expansion on Christian History |
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1) Made easier by weak/disunified Christianity. Also, they were predisposed to monotheism
2) Accelrated the division between the Eastern and Western forms of Christianity
3)The expansion of Islam turned the attention of the papacy from the East to the North - signaled papl willingness to give up the ideals of a Mediterranean Roman Empire. |
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Conferences - Reflections on Egpytian monastic practics
Institutes - Manual for beginners "Monasticism for dummies" |
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| Characteristics of John Cassian's monastic life |
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Monastery in Maerseilles
Manual labor, studying and copying manuscripts, difeat sin through prayer. Worship 5X a day, focus on alienation from the world (an attitude that sapped Roman culture of its will to resist the many barbarian invasions) |
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| Founded a monastery at Monte Cassino. Black Monk. Very military - time, cut hair, no proprety. No individualism or whining. But still tried to avoid extreme asceticism |
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| Characteristics of Benedict of Nursia's monasticism |
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Communcal praise and worship
manual labor
lectio divina |
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mottos was "humane values and order"
Est. vivarium
"introduction to tehological and secular studies" |
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| Fraquish queen dedicated to the care of the poor and the release of prisoners. Est. leper hospital. |
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| characteristics of St. Radegund's monasticism |
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| Mixed houses that became closed after vows. Nuns learned latin and studied 2 hours per day; copied manuscripts. social activism. self denial. manual labor as purification/martyrdom. |
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| Cultural symbols of early christian missions |
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| Tribe (nation) and chief (king) |
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translated bible into goth and spread arian chrsitianity among goths.
So vandals and all the goths were arian christians opposed to rome but honored the church |
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| St. Patrick characteristics of monasticism |
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city for learning
green martyrdom
creation as sacrament
no censorship of learning and love of language
traveling monks/scholars - peregrini por christo
less rules, more concern (private confession)
End of slave trade |
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| stole that book. battle eventually ensued.He left ireland either to follow christ to Scotland or to run. 12 followers. |
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Sturggle between Lindisfarne (celtic) and Canterbury (Roman. Fought over dating of easter and proprer haircuts.
ROMANS evangelism - believe to belong.
CELTICevangelism - belong to believe |
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| augustine's 4 guidelines for interpretation |
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seek a unity of understanding (consensus)
The writers had much on their minds - so we must hold interpretation w/ charity not dogmatism
loving god and others as ourselves is the starting point
scripture is like a spring/river w/ many tributaries - orchard with hidden fruit |
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| Augustine's approach to scripture |
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use the methods of classical ed - scripture is interpretation of culture, not vice-versa
interpretation requires commentary
universal (catholic) application
textual source is the latin trans of LXX
scripture is to be read and interpreted as it has been received by the church. regula fide |
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| Holy empire. Still resides in hearts of people. lasting beyond passing of old way of life. |
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| mystical body of christ. representation of heaven. God will make himself present (the church. understood as the Body, which naturally needed nourishments (via the sacramants, namely eucharist) |
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| Kingdom of Christ; earthly rule |
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theres always tensiton between church/state. authoirty is the issue.
never political stability. |
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| How was the pope powerful enough to crown a king and in 800 declare him H.R.E.? |
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| strong connection with pope had already been developing. Charles Martel, Charlemagne's grandfather, had much to do with this. Martel directly assisted Boniface (agent of pope) and other Anglo-saxon missionaries. Pepin continued to develop this. |
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Set the pace for popes. Oversaw Roman's defenses agaisnt Lombards, but he carried out complicated negotiations with the Roman emperor in Constantinope, he reformed the inances of the church, and he reorganized the boundaries and responsibilities of the Western dioceses.
He was a servant of the servants. Reformed. Ministered to poor. "Christian commonwealth" |
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crowned Pepin as king - Patricius Romanorum. Goes to Pepin with "donation of constantine"
Lombards comin in! Stephen looks west for protection. makes formal political/spiritual alliance.
In return, Pepin gave the Pope the lands in Italy which the Lombards had taken from the Byzantine Empire.Papal States- basis of the Papacy's temporal power for the next eleven centuries |
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| significance of Charlemagne crowning |
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1) actualization of sacrum imperium
2) H.R.E. New order. no disctiction between church and state - both corpus mysticum
3) Autonomy maintained by geography
4) From 11th century popes will use the college of cardinals, but the HRE will ultimately gain power to appoint popes |
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| Nicholas I (and his 3 acts of fighting off Saracens and securing power) |
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Pseudo Isidorian Decretals ' Everyone must submit to papacy.
1) overturned the Synod of Metz and King of Lorraine's divorce
2)Disciplined Archbishop Hincmar of Reimes
3) Excommunicated Photius |
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| Pope Innocent III height of medieval papl power |
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1) deposes Otto of brunswick
2) annuls philip II marriage
3) anuls King of leon and king of aragon's divorce
4) Papal interdict to King John. Excommunicated entire kingdom. |
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