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... body . Finally , within the monastic order itself the Cistercians marked an epoch . Previous reforms and groups had arisen and existed within a single traditional framework . The Cistercians , perhaps at first unintentionally but later ...
... body . Finally , within the monastic order itself the Cistercians marked an epoch . Previous reforms and groups had arisen and existed within a single traditional framework . The Cistercians , perhaps at first unintentionally but later ...
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... body politic of the church , deteriorated , as any great class or insti- tute must deteriorate , when it is no longer an organic part of a changing society . Monasticism had expanded too widely , and had been too richly endowed , in a ...
... body politic of the church , deteriorated , as any great class or insti- tute must deteriorate , when it is no longer an organic part of a changing society . Monasticism had expanded too widely , and had been too richly endowed , in a ...
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... bodies , not even the vast network of Cluny , made any claim to be or wish to become a union of the whole existing ... body in their general chapter , they became by this very process separated from the black monks , and despite their ...
... bodies , not even the vast network of Cluny , made any claim to be or wish to become a union of the whole existing ... body in their general chapter , they became by this very process separated from the black monks , and despite their ...
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