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... Byzantine empire , though hermits and extreme ascetics of the pillar - saint type were not unknown . The monastic life was slow to reach Constantinople , but once there it increased steadily ; by the time of Justinian , in the sixth ...
... Byzantine empire , though hermits and extreme ascetics of the pillar - saint type were not unknown . The monastic life was slow to reach Constantinople , but once there it increased steadily ; by the time of Justinian , in the sixth ...
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... Byzantine reverence for a tradition which had never been broken , preserved eastern monachism as a whole from complete secularisation and from the rhythm of decadence and reform experienced by the west , as it also stood in the way of ...
... Byzantine reverence for a tradition which had never been broken , preserved eastern monachism as a whole from complete secularisation and from the rhythm of decadence and reform experienced by the west , as it also stood in the way of ...
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... Byzantine monks were close cousins of the black monks of the west . The round of offices , the daily horarium , the ceremonies and discipline , even the spiritual doctrine were in essence identical . A symbiosis , if not a union , of ...
... Byzantine monks were close cousins of the black monks of the west . The round of offices , the daily horarium , the ceremonies and discipline , even the spiritual doctrine were in essence identical . A symbiosis , if not a union , of ...
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