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- Religious Orders and Christian Communities - The Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church canonically recognizes 18 traditional orders and 14 Christian communities for men, women, or both Religious Orders and Christian Communities serve the greater church in several ways
- Monastic – The Episcopal Church
Although monastic vows differ from tradition to tradition, they normally include poverty, chastity, and obedience A monastic’s schedule may be divided into prayer, study, and work Eastern monks follow the rule of St Basil, and most western monks follow the rule of St Benedict Monks are bound by solemn vows
- Listings – The Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church canonically recognizes 18 traditional orders and 14 Christian communities for men, women, or both Religious Orders and Christian Communities serve the greater church in several ways Many offer retreat houses and individual spiritual direction
- Benedictine Spirituality – The Episcopal Church
Shaped by the Rule of St Benedict (c 540), Benedictine spirituality is essentially monastic It focuses on the desire to seek God under the guidance of an abbot The abbot was originally elected for life The monks' chief work (opus Dei) is the praise of God, in the form of a community recitation or chanting of the Latin Psalter
- Monastery – The Episcopal Church
There are a number of monasteries affiliated with the Episcopal Church, including monasteries for men, for women, and a few for men and women together Back to Glossary
- What is a regular worship routine for a monk or . . . - The Episcopal Church
What is a regular worship routine for a monk or nun (i e a ‘religious’)? While most lay people go to a church only once a week, Religious gather together four to seven times a day to worship and pray
- Monk – The Episcopal Church
Glossary definitions provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY,(All Rights reserved) from “An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians,” Don S Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors
- Nun - The Episcopal Church
A woman who is a full member of a religious order The term may be seen as the female equivalent of a monk The term may be distinguished from a “sister,” who is a member of a religious order with an active or mixed expression of community life See Monastic
- Dunstan – The Episcopal Church
Dunstan has been called “the patron and father of the monks of medieval England ” He died at Canterbury Dunstan is commemorated in the Episcopal calendar of the church year on May 19
- Athanasius – The Episcopal Church
His major writing was On the Incarnation of the Word of God Athanasius is recognized as “the theologian of the Incarnation ” He wrote a biography of the monk Antony, which helped to spread monasticism in the west Athanasius is commemorated in the Episcopal calendar of the church year on May 2
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