A Short History of Monks and Monasteries. Alfred Wesley Wishart

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664601964

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       LIST OF PORTRAITS

       BIBLIOGRAPHY

       MONKS

       AND MONASTERIES

       I

       MONASTICISM IN THE EAST

       The Hermits of Egypt

       The Pillar Saint

       The Cenobites of the East

       II

       MONASTICISM IN THE WEST: ANTE-BENEDICTINE MONKS 340-480 A.D.

       Monasticism and Women

       The Spread of Monasticism in Europe

       Disorders and Oppositions

       III

       THE BENEDICTINES

       The Rules of Benedict

       The Struggle against Barbarism

       The Spread of the Benedictine Rule

       IV

       REFORMED AND MILITARY ORDERS

       The Military Religious Orders

       V

       THE MENDICANT FRIARS

       Francis Bernardone , 1182-1226 A.D. .

       The Franciscan Orders

       Dominic de Guzman, 1170-1221 A.D.

       The Dominican Orders

       The Success of the Mendicant Orders

       The Decline of the Mendicants

       VI

       THE SOCIETY OF JESUS

       Ignatius de Loyola, 1491-1556 A.D.

       Constitution and Polity of the Order

       The Vow of Obedience

       The Casuistry of the Jesuits

       The Mission of the Jesuits

       Retrospect

       VII

       THE FALL OF THE MONASTERIES

       The Character of Henry VIII

       Events Preceding the Suppression

       The Monks and the Oath of Supremacy

       The Royal Commissioners and Their Methods of Investigation

       The Report of the Commissioners

       The Action of Parliament

       The Effect of the Suppression Upon the People

       Henry's Disposal of Monastic Revenues

       Was the Suppression Justifiable?

       Results of the Dissolution

       VIII

       CAUSES AND IDEALS OF MONASTICISM