Anthony the Great

or short teaching from him during their stay. These sayings and teachings frequently made their way back to mainstream culture. Anthony began to realize that the more and more frequent visits from those outside were interfering with his time of worship to God, so he moved to an oasis in the Eastern Desert of Egypt where he completed his days on earth. While Anthony himself was not the creator of monasticism, a large community grew around him in following his example. Others took to the desert

Antony of Egypt: St. Anthony is generally considered to be the founder and father of organized Christian monasticism, although he himself preferred to live the life of a true hermit, apart from any community, in the deserts of Egypt. Most of the known facts about this famous "Desert Father" are derived from the biography by St. Athanasius (ca. 296-373), the "Father of Orthodoxy." (“Global Catholic Network”). Antony of Egypt was born in Herakleopolis Magna, Egypt in 251. This is located in the middle

and nuns were just that: men and women who fled the worldliness of urban life and the ethos of a church that was at the time of Anthony and St. Paul and established institution of the Roman Empire. They fled to the desert to repent and seek God by prayer, fasting and hard manual labour. In the desert they practiced an aesthetical lifestyle of great poverty

beginning of Christian monasticism can be divided into two main types, the eremitical or solitary and the coenobitical or family type. St. Anthony may be called the founder of the purely eremitical system or hermit life style living out in the desert, while St. Pachomius was the founder of the second less solitary and more community based way of life. The rule of St. Anthony or the Antonian system left the monks way of life up to his own discretion. This contrasted the Rule of St. Pachomius who were almost

few days. Therefore, hermits must have discernment and be able to discipline themselves to stay on course with what God’s scriptures tell them to do. If they fall off course, they pray and confess their sins to God. Abba Anthony in The Sayings of the Desert Fathers said that the great work of hermits was to “always take the blame for his own sins before God and to expect temptation to his last breath” (Ward 2). Everyone will always have temptations, it’s what makes them human. However, it is one’s own

This paper will summarize the major differences between Ascetic (early Eastern) and Western monasticism. In addition will explain why living Christian live in the isolated community that routinizing a whole life ordered to God through prayer, study and work is more efficient than living the Christian life alone. The paper will also point out why, the founder of Western monasticism, Benedict encouraged the rules for organizing the common life and why he argued that society as well as the property

Jean-Jacques Annaud, The Name of the Rose historical fiction murder mystery illustrates monastic life in the 14th century. This medieval film takes place in a remote Benedictine abbey in Northern Italy. Annaud is historically successful in recounting monastic life during the Middle Ages. The enriching backdrop of this film presents the culture of monastic life. The setting is beautifully examined and replicated to show the distinct and complicated architecture of the times. The characterization

The life of Saint Anthony was vividly pictured in the narration of his life by no other person than St. Athanasius. In St. Athanasius’ description of St. Anthony, he explored all areas where St. Anthony was modeled as a saint. In light of this, the thesis for this essay states that classical genres to which St. Athanasius modelled the Life of St. Anthony is autobiography/biography, mythology and adventures. Throughout the description of St. Anthony’s life, he conformed himself to these models. To

Integrative Essay Discuss the impact and contribution of a key Irish figure as a European religious leader. Throughout time there has been many influential Irish people, each changing the way we live. Columbanus a pioneer on the continent for his monastic settlements and way of living. Columbanus was born to a family of low social class in Leinster in 543. At school, he studied grammar, rhetoric, geometry and Scripture and later developed an interest in the monastic life which his family did not

of moral deterioration in the church that forced "puritanical souls to revolt. This deterioration is thought to have started in the upper classes of Roman society, which caused many to shift away into the early form of Monasticism. As in all great movements in history, personalities or leaders are birthed. One such personality's ideals are interwoven throughout the foundations of Monasticism. "Antony is considered to be the founder of Monasticism. He was reared in an affluent Christian home