Monasticism and the Abbot

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The famous "Rule of St. Benedict" set the monastic stage for well over 500 years. This paper gives a discussion of the second chapter, dealing with the Abbot, examining both secondary sources as well as the original Medieval Latin.

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"Broadly speaking, there were two types of monk as the movement evolved: the eremitical and the cenobitical. The eremitical existence can be traced back to St Anthony and a small community he governed near a mountain at Pispir around the year 270 CE. The monks dwelt as hermits, out of sight and earshot of each other, yet share communal spaces such as places of worship and sources of food. They lived independent of any single governing rule and each individual regulated himself."

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