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Term Paper Title	OUTLINE
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OUTLINE

I.  The Origins of Monasticism:
     A.  The Ideal:
     The Life of Jesus
     i.  he had no home, no property, and never married
     ii.  his anachoresis (later derivation: anchorite), or
                    "retirement"/"withdrawal":

          a) and Jesus "withdrew ... into a desert place by himself"
               (Matt 14:13

          b) Jesus "withdrew again to the mountain by himself" (John
                    6:15)

          c) the forty days in the desert of fasting, prayer, and
               the fight against temptation (Matt 4:2-10)

     B.  the Desert Hermits
          i. from eremos or "desert"
          ii. derivation: the eremitical lifestyle
          iii. the ascetic life: from askesis or "discipline":
               a) the discipline of subordinating one's desires
                    to God: the life of prayer, fasting and
                         spiritual combat
     C.  St.  Anthony the Great (251-356 a.d.)
          i.  revered as the founder of monasticism:
               a) word is derived from monos or "single"/"alone"
          ii.  his life and struggles:
              a) the early death of his parents
               b) "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell all that you
                         have" (Matt 19:21)
               c) "Be not solicitous about tomorrow": the life of
                    poverty and the desert
               d) the progression from disciple to desert
               e) the outer mountain on the eastern side of the Nile:
                    i) the spiritual combat with his demons within
                    ii) he emerged radiant and as one filled with the
                         Spirit of God
               f) the inner mountain on the Red Sea
          iii.  the desert became a city, where monks took up
                         residence

II.  Cenobitic Monasticism:
     A.  the first cenobites
          i.  "cenobitic" is derived from koinonia or
                    "communion"/"sharing"/"fellowship":
                   a)  the biblical foundations:
                       i) communion in the body and blood of Christ
                         fellowship of Christians in the life of
                              the Trinity
          ii.  the influence of John Cassian's Conferences (4th
                    century a.d.) and Institutes
          iii.  the first cenobitic monastery (4th century a.d.):
               Pachomius's foundation at Thebes
               a) led by abbo...

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