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Katolicism, romersk-katolska kyrkan
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In the early part of the fourth century, a few Christians, mostly men and some women, began to withdraw from "the world" to retreat into the desert, there to practice their new …
The history of Saint Susan's monastery on the south coast of England is as remarkable as the tumultuous times in which it existed. Located at East Lulworth, it was founded in 1794 …
A sketch of the unique tradition of the 'white monks' as they have sought 'men and women alike' to leave all things to follow the Gospel.
A panorama of Russian Christian spirituality, richlyillustrated with passages from formative works.
Sparkling in the ancient texts of the Fathers of the Church--the bishops, monks, and theologians who wrote during the first, formative six Christian centuries--is a fountain of …
Transforming evagrian hesychia, with its insistence on absolute solitude, Symeon lived as the spiritual father of a bustling monastery in the very heart of Constantinople. Yet his …