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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 ... Byzantine monasticism Byzantine monasticism.
... 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 ... Byzantine monasticism Byzantine monasticism.
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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 mystical theology , like that of the west , had its roots partly in the direct evangelical teaching of the fathers of the desert , which was schematised by Evagrius of Pontus , who laid excessive emphasis on the constant ...
... Byzantine mystical theology , like that of the west , had its roots partly in the direct evangelical teaching of the fathers of the desert , which was schematised by Evagrius of Pontus , who laid excessive emphasis on the constant ...
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