4.8 Christian Monasticsm

St. Benedict

Father of the monks in the West

Benedictines

monks under st. benedict

Rule of Benedict

code of conduct for monks and priests

Location of Monastery founded by st. benedict

Monte Cassino

Monks lived a life of

work and prayer

Monasteries were

economically self sufficient

Monasteries became places of

safety for travellers and centers of learning - often housing great libraries

Reform for a spiritual purpose (characteristics of monasteries)

prayer was developed, manuscripts copied, cultural heritage salvaged

Knights Templar (characteristics of monasteries)

St. Bernard wrote a rule that illustrated how religion and war can get mixed together

Integration of religion and life (characteristics of monasteries)

monks taught people how to pray and recreate earth for the sake of human concern = agriculture

Mendicants

monks who live among the people they are called to serve
- relied on begging for food

Franciscans

founded by St. Francis of Assisi to bring the Gospel to the poor and outcasts living outside the towns

who founded the franciscans

St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)

Dominicans

founded by St. Domenic de Guzman in Spain; to preach the gospel and to fight non-Christian beliefs

Who founded the Dominicans

St. Domenic de Guzman (1170-1221)