 | - Book Title: The Benedictines
- Author: Dom Bruno Destree
- ISBN: mw001245231
- Publisher: Burns, Oates, Washbourne
- Year Published: 1923
- Our Price: £22.00 GBP ($43.56 USD)
- Description: Burns, Oates, Washbourne , 1923: first edition: Black cloth hardcover: 175 pages plus list of Benedictine Saints . Synopsis: An in-depth history of the birth, spread, and development of the Benedictine Order divided into three main parts. Part One: The Benedictine Life:-- Different religious orders. The Benedictine Ideal. The Benedictine aims and activities. The Benedictine life is typical . Benedictine and other orders. Part Two: History:-- The social mission he was called to fulfil. Life of St Benedict, rule, foundations. St Gregory the Great. St Augustin and the Benedictines in England . Germany and St Boniface. Spread of the order over northern Europe. Origin and development of Western monarchism. The rule of St Benedict supplants the rules. First check to development, the Saracens. Second check, the Normans. Monastic Reform. Cluny , St Gregory the seventh, St Anselm. Citeaux. St. Bernard . The Monastic Crisis. A Transition Period .Rise of the Mendicant Orders. Signs of Progress from 15th to 18th Century. The Congregations. The Martyrs. 17th-Century and Monastic Reforms. The Maurists. Salzburg University. The Revolution. The monastic revival in the 19th century. Part Three: the Present Position: -- Modern statistics and inferences. The Present Constitution of the Order. The Exterior Activity of the Order in the 20th Century. Condition: Spine/front cover edge worn: corners bumped: ownership inscription: slightly foxed : overall clean firm and good
- Condition: Collectable- Good
- Dustcover: No
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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