Alfred Wesley Wishart
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PREFACE
I. MONASTICISM IN THE EAST
The Hermits of Egypt
The Pillar Saint
The Cenobites of the East
II. MONASTICISM IN THE WEST: ANTE-BENEDICTINE MONKS
340-480 A.D.
Monasticism and Women
The Spread of Monasticism in Europe
Disorders and Oppositions
III. THE BENEDICTINES
The Rules of Benedict
The Struggle against Barbarism
The Spread of the Benedictine Rule
IV. REFORMED AND MILITARY ORDERS
The Military Religious Orders
V. THE MENDICANT FRIARS
Francis Bernardone, 1182-1226 A.D..
The Franciscan Orders
The orders which Francis founded were of three
classes:
The Dominican Orders
The Success of the Mendicant Orders
The Decline of the Mendicants
VI. THE SOCIETY OF JESUS
Ignatius de Loyola, 1491-1556 A.D.
Constitution and Polity of the Order
The Casuistry of the Jesuits
The Mission of the Jesuits
Retrospect
VII. THE FALL OF THE MONASTERIES
The Character of Henry VIII
Events Preceding the Suppression
The Monks and the Oath of Supremacy
The Royal Commissioners and Their Methods of
Investigation
The Report of the Commissioners
The Action of Parliament
The Effect of the Suppression Upon the People
Henry's Disposal of Monastic Revenues
Was the Suppression Justifiable?
Results of the Dissolution
VIII. CAUSES AND IDEALS OF MONASTICISM
Causative Motives of Monasticism
Beliefs Affecting the Causative Motives
Causes of Variations in Monasticism
The Fundamental Monastic Vows
IX. THE EFFECTS OF MONASTICISM
The Effects of Self-Sacrifice Upon the Individual
The Effects of Solitude Upon the Individual.
The Monks as Missionaries
Monasticism and Civic Duties
The Agricultural Services of the Monks
The Monks and Secular Learning
The Charity of the Monks
Monasticism and Religion
APPENDIX
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A SHORT HISTORY OF
MONKS
AND MONASTERIES
By ALFRED WESLEY WISHART
Sometime Fellow in Church History in The University
of Chicago
ALBERT BRANDT, PUBLISHER TRENTON, NEW JERSEY MDCCCC
1900