The Origins of Monasticism. The Monastic Impulse At the time of Jesus there were Jews living in the desert who are called Essenes.
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The Monastic Impulse
• At the time of Jesus there were Jews living in the desert who are called Essenes.
• A person goes to the desert to leave behind the distractions of common life and seek an encounter with the divine.
• The first monks were hermits. And sought through lives of intense prayer, meditation, and discipline to seek union with God.
Saint Benedict
• While Anthony is considered the founder of monasticism, almost all modern forms of Western monasticism stem from the Rule of Saint Benedict (480-543).
• Monasteries had a tendency to become wealthy and eventually there were many reformations to bring back the original simplicity and purpose of the monastic life.
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