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In 1892, seeking unity among the different Trappist observances, the Trappist congregations left the Cistercian Order entirely and merged to form a new order with the approval of Pope Leo XIII named the 'Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe', formalising their identity and spirituality as a separate monastic community. [6]
The abbey is part of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae), better known as the Trappists. Founded on December 21, 1848, and raised to an abbey in 1851, Gethsemani is considered to be the motherhouse of all Trappist and Trappistine monasteries in the United States.
De Rancé did not succeed in winning many other Cistercian abbots to his causes. In the Cistercian War of Observances, arbitration from the Holy See consistently forced the Abstinents to compromise with the Common Observance. [9] The practices that de Rancé instituted in La Trappe did, however, spread to some Cistercian monasteries, mainly in ...
The Cistercians (/ s ɪ ˈ s t ɜːr ʃ ən z /), officially the Order of Cistercians (Latin: (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly influential Bernard ...
Caldey Island thrived as a centre of Cistercian activity in the Middle Ages. [3] [4] The current abbey is modern; it was built in 1910 by Anglican Benedictine monks; they converted to Catholicism and became members of the Trappist Order in 1929. [5] As of 2018, there are about 10 members. [6]
In 1147 Savigny Abbey, with all its affiliated monasteries, was united to the Cistercian Order. From that time onwards, La Trappe was a Cistercian abbey, immediately subordinate to the abbot of Clairvaux. [3] After years of prosperity, La Trappe suffered during the Hundred Years' War. It was in the path of both the English and French armies.
The most common time for silence was known as the "Great Silence" which took place at night. It was only much later, in the seventeenth century, that reform movements within the Cistercian and Trappist communities came to see absolute silence as a valuable penance along with other austere, yet voluntary, deprivations. [4]
Waddell published five books, more than 175 articles, and many introductions to the works of medieval Cistercian writers. Twelfth-Century Statutes from the Cistercian General Chapter: Latin Text with English Notes and Commentary. Studia et Documenta 12. Cistercian: Commentarii Cistercienses, 2002.ISBN 9080543942