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  2. Hermit - Wikipedia

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    The earliest form of Christian eremitic or anchoritic living preceded that of being a member of a religious institute, since monastic communities and religious institutes are later developments of the monastic life. Bearing in mind that the meaning of the eremitic vocation is the Desert Theology of the Old Testament, it may be said that the ...

  3. Rule of Saint Albert - Wikipedia

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    The eremitic Rule of Saint Albert is the shortest of the rules of consecrated life in existence of the Catholic spiritual tradition, and is composed almost exclusively of scriptural precepts. To this day it is a rich source of inspiration for the lives of many Catholics throughout the world.

  4. Hermitage (religious retreat) - Wikipedia

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    Those called to life in the poustinia were not uncommon in Russia prior to the suppression of Christianity in the early 20th century. [citation needed] In this Eastern Christian expression of the eremitic vocation, poustiniks are not solitary but are part of the local community to which they are called. The poustinik is a servant of God and God ...

  5. Desert Fathers - Wikipedia

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    The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits and ascetics, who lived primarily in the Scetes desert of the Roman province of Egypt, beginning around the third century AD. The Apophthegmata Patrum is a collection of the wisdom of some of the early desert monks and nuns , in print as Sayings of the Desert Fathers .

  6. Chronology of early Christian monasticism - Wikipedia

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    He is considered to be the very first Christian eremitic ascetic. He lived very reclusively and was only discovered by Anthony towards the end of his life. [2] 249-51: Persecution of Christians under Emperor Decius forces many Christians to flee into the desert (including Paul the Great [2]), thus starting Egyptian Christian monasticism. [3] [4 ...

  7. Richard Rolle - Wikipedia

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    The book was widely read in the Middle Ages, and described the four purgative stages that one had to go through to become closer to God: described as open door, heat, song, and sweetness. This was part of an important movement in medieval Christianity, in which the feeling of God's presence became central to devotional practice; Rolle is a key ...

  8. Pachomius the Great - Wikipedia

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    Until then, Christian asceticism had been solitary or eremitic with male or female monastics living in individual huts or caves and meeting only for occasional worship services. Pachomius created the community or cenobitic organization, in which male or female monastics lived together and held their property in common under the leadership of an ...

  9. Peter of Damascus - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, Peter mentions in his writings that he lived in a cell, never owned any books or possessions, and was under the guidance of a spiritual father. [4] Peter himself identifies three types of monastic life; cenobitic, eremitic, and semi-eremitic. While it is not known for certain in which style of monasticism he lived or where he was ...