Benedict of Nursia - Father of Western Monasticism Verse: John 12:35 Quote: "To you, therefore, my words are now addressed, whoever you may be, who are renouncing your own will to do battle under the Lord Christ, the true King, and are taking up the strong, bright armor of obedience...
Evagrius Ponticus was a Christian mystic and writer whose development of a theology of contemplative prayer and asceticism laid the groundwork for a tradition of spiritual life in both Eastern and Western churches. Evagrius was a noted preacher and theol
This conviction is fully displayed in Tertullian’s De idololatria, in a rigorist sect like Montanism, and eventually in monasticism. Public life and much social intercourse were precluded. On the other hand, Jesus had mixed with publicans and sinners, and evangelization was a plain duty. ...