Thomas O'Loughlin observes that “monastic fasting must be seen as a variant and development of fasting within Christianity as a whole. ...
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Throughout the Church, whether here or abroad, monastic life is imprisoned .... Fasting and a life which limits sleep to that absolutely necessary for the ...
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William M. Johnston - 2000 - Religion - 1556 pages
Thus, there was a similar fast before baptism/Easter (which was recalled each year by Lent), and the ability to fast was a prerequisite of a monastic ...
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It is primarily as a means to this end that fasting takes so important a place in the monastic life. Among the early Egyptian and Syrian monks in particular ...
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Feb 16, 2010 ... The inner aversion we feel towards the spiritual and physical struggle of Great Lent, and of fasting in general, is an indication of our ...
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Fasting, chastity, simple food, and control of sleep are salutary practices for ... The last group of passages is critical of asceticism and monastic- ism; ...
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