A Short History of Monks and MonasteriesWishart, Alfred Wesley
History
A Short History of Monks and Monasteries
Wishart, Alfred Wesley
Monasteries -- History; Monasticism and religious orders -- History
Starbuck, Charles C., on the casuistry of the Jesuits, 274.
Stigmata, of St. Francis, 219.
Storrs, on Bernard, 197.
Subiaco, desert of, 131.
Superstitions, monastic, when revolt against is justifiable, 423.
Suppression of monasteries,
_see_ Monasteries, The Fall of.
Supremacy, the monks required to take the oath of, 301.
T
Tabenna, Monastery at, 32, 58.
Tauler, John, a Dominican, 242;
on service and contemplation,
395.
Taunton, E.L., on the family-idea
of monasteries, 143; on Augustine
and British monks, 165.
Taylor, Isaac, on the biography
of Anthony, 48.
Templars, _see_ Knights.
Tennyson, on Stylites, 54.
Tertullian, on Christianity in
Britain, 123.
Thackeray, views of, on Jesuits
opposed, 278.
Theodoret, on Stylites, 51, 53.
Theodosius, Abbot, 50.
Theology, the monks and, 406;
White on same, 416.
Theophilus, joins Eudoxia against
Chrysostom, 117.
Therapeutæ, Philo on the, 27.
Thieffroy, on charity of monks,
410.
Third Order, _see_ Franciscans and
Dominicans.
Thirty Years' War, the Jesuits
and the, 277.
Trench, on monastic history, 175;
on genius in creation, 207;
on the stigmata, 223.
Trent, Council of, restricts Mendicants,
246; on marriage, 382.
U
Universities, foundations of, laid
by monks, 405.
Urban II., Pope, the gift of
Cluny monastery, 178.
V
Valens, Emperor, fails to stop
flight from Rome, 127.
Vaughan, on Bernard's reforms,
195; on the need of reformation,
402.
Virgins, _see_ Marriage.
Virgil, Jerome's fondness for, 95;
Mabie on reading of, 408.
Vivaria, literary work in monastery
at, 152.
Voltaire, on the monks, 388.
Vows, monastic, 61; irrevocable,
66, 112; usual history of,
174; of the military orders,
198; the fundamental, 375;
the passing away of, 423. _See_
Poverty, Celibacy and Obedience.
Vulgate, Jerome, 85.
W
Waddington, on the hermits, 34;
on conscience and method of
monks, 390.
War, monks incite to, 401.
Watch-dogs of the Church, a term
applied to the Dominicans, 249.
Wealth, Christ's doctrine of, 377;
not in itself an evil, 379; its
true value, 405; compatible
with Christianity, 420.
White, on the theology of the
monks, 416.
Whiting, Richard, Abbot of
Glastonbury, 315.
Widows, _see_ Women and Marriage.
Wilfred, St., his monastic labors, 167.
William of Aquitaine, 177.
William of Amour, 250.
William of Orange, 394.
Wolsey, Cardinal, 294, 308.
Women, welcome call of monks, 81;
Kingsley on same, 82;
Juvenal on Roman women, 82;
Jerome's influence on, 86, 96;
monasticism and, 106;
hermit life unsuited to, 107;
effect of corrupt society on, 107,
no; distinguished by mercy, in, 350;
compared with monks, 111;
married life of, in Rome, 112;
influence of Ambrose upon, 126;
regulation of Guigo concerning monks and, 190.
Wyclif, attacks the friars, 253, 337;
spirit of, affects monasticism, 295, 429.
X
Ximenes, Cardinal, a Franciscan, 228.
Z
Zosimus, on charity of monks, 348.
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