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Monks: St. Benedict's Holy Rule
In the 4th and 5th century religious men and women looked for escape from the new Christian-Imperial, which they viewed as the corrupt and decaying society of Egypt, Syria-Palestine, and Anatolia. These fugitives were referred to as the "Desert Elders." They all had a desire to live the spirit of the Gospels alone with their God. This so called flight into the desert was considered by many the foundation of Christian monasticism. The first Desert Elders, usually made of hermits also referred to as anchorites, lived solitary lives. Overtime these hermits banned together into communities. The members of these communities were referred to no longer as hermits, but now as cenobites. The end of the 6th century showed the cenobitic community to be the Christian monastic norm in the East and West, though the hermits were never totally disbanded. Whether cenobite or anchorite, these monks were dedicated to......

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Title: Monks: St. Benedict's Holy Rule
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