Explore: Protestant Monasticism And Religious Orders

Christian monasticism is a religious way of life of Christians who live ascetic and typically cloistered lives that are dedicated to Christian worship

of religious orders recognized by the Anglican Communion, others may be members of ecumenical Protestant or Old Catholic religious orders while maintaining

Monasticism (from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós) 'solitary, monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also called monachism or monkhood, is a religious

persons to be praised as a Protestant forerunner is Jovinian, who lived in the fourth century AD. He attacked monasticism, ascetism and believed that a saved

of Benedictine monasticism through the formulation of his Rule. Benedict's sister Scholastica, possibly his twin, also became religious from an early age

are members of enclosed religious orders and take solemn religious vows, while sisters do not live in the papal enclosure and formerly took vows called

New Monasticism is a diverse movement, not limited to a specific religious denomination or church and including varying expressions of contemplative life

and Monks in the Crusader States (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995) Leyser, Henrietta. Hermits and the New Monasticism: A Study of Religious

positions within the Organization. Asceticism Enclosed religious orders Monasticism Religious fanaticism Hyperreligiosity Mendicancy Religion-supporting

renewal of the clergy, together with the charitable and educational roles of the new religious orders", whereas Counter-Reformation was "founded upon the