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The evolution of the monastic ideal, from the earliest times down to the coming of the Friars; a second chapter in the history of Christian renunciation.

Title
The evolution of the monastic ideal, from the earliest times down to the coming of the Friars; a second chapter in the history of Christian renunciation.
Author
Workman, Herbert B. (Herbert Brook), 1862-
Publication
London, Epworth Press [1927]

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Description
xxi, 368 p.; 22 cm.
Subjects
Contents
Abbreviations and editions -- 1. Historic survey of the ideas of monasticism -- 2. The history of monasticism as an institution to the coming of Benedict -- 3. St. Benedict and his order -- 4. The ideals of monasticism in the Celtic church -- 5. The development of monasticism from St. Benedict to St. Francis -- 6. The coming of the friars -- 7. The message of monasticism -- Appendix A: the sources of our knowledge of early monasticism -- Appendix B: additional bibliography -- Index.
OCLC
  • ocm06934613
  • 6934613
  • SCSB-5618966
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Columbia University Libraries