Examples of Christian monasticism in the following topics:
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- Christian monasticism, which consists of individuals living ascetic and often cloistered lives that are dedicated to Christian worship, became popular during the Middle Ages and gave rise to several monastic orders with different goals and lifestyles.
- Christian monasticism is the devotional practice of individuals who live ascetic and typically cloistered lives that are dedicated to Christian worship.
- Monasticism became quite popular in the Middle Ages, with religion being the most important force in Europe.
- The Benedictines were founded by Benedict of Nursia, the most influential of western monks and called "the father of western monasticism."
- By the 9th century, largely under the inspiration of Emperor Charlemagne, Benedict's Rule became the basic guide for Western monasticism.
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- Among humanists he enjoyed the name "Prince of the Humanists," and has been called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists."
- His revolt against certain forms of Christian monasticism and scholasticism was not based on doubts about the truth of doctrine, nor from hostility to the organization of the Church itself, nor from rejection of celibacy or monastical lifestyles.
- His serious writings begin early with the Enchiridion militis Christiani, the Handbook of the Christian Soldier (1503).
- In his examination of the dangers of formalism, Erasmus discusses monasticism, saint worship, war, the spirit of class and the foibles of "society."
- The essay ends with a straightforward statement of Christian ideals.
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- During this period, Christianity was re-established and there was a flowering of literature and language.
- It developed from divergent groups in association with the people's adoption of Christianity, and was integral to the establishment of various kingdoms.
- Although Christianity dominates the religious history of the Anglo-Saxons, life in the 5th and 6th centuries was dominated by "pagan" religious beliefs with a Scando-Germanic heritage.
- Almost every poem from before the Norman Conquest, no matter how Christian its theme, is steeped in pagan symbolism, but the integration of pagan beliefs into the new faith goes beyond the literary sources.
- Monasticism, and not just the church, was at the center of Anglo-Saxon Christian life.
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- Leading characteristics, such as messianism, heaven and hell, and free will are said to have influenced other religious systems, including Second Temple Judaism, Gnosticism, Christianity, and Islam.
- This active participation is a central element in Zoroaster's concept of free will, and Zoroastrianism rejects all forms of monasticism.
- It was also prominent in the pre-Christian Caucasus (especially modern-day Azerbaijan).
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- Christianity posed a serious threat to the traditional Romans.
- As such, Christianity was considered criminal and was punished harshly.
- Christians were never purged systematically in any part of the empire, and Christian evasion continually undermined the edicts' enforcement.
- Although the persecution resulted in death, torture, imprisonment, or dislocation for many Christians, the majority of the empire's Christians avoided punishment.
- Christianity became the greatest beneficiary of imperial largesse.
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- The first Roman emperor to claim conversion to Christianity, Constantine played an influential role in the proclamation of the Edict of Milan in 313, which decreed tolerance for Christianity in the empire.
- He called the First Council of Nicaea in 325, at which the Nicene Creed was professed by Christians.
- Historians remain uncertain about Constantine's reasons for favoring Christianity, and theologians and historians have argued about which form of Early Christianity he subscribed to.
- Some scholars question the extent to which he should be considered a Christian emperor: "Constantine saw himself as an 'emperor of the Christian people.'
- In 313, Constantine and Licinius issued the Edict of Milan decriminalizing Christian worship.
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- Christian IV had also profited greatly from his policies in northern Germany.
- Denmark's King Christian IV had obtained for his kingdom a level of stability and wealth that was virtually unmatched elsewhere in Europe.
- Some 13,700 Scottish soldiers were to be sent as allies to help Christian IV under the command of General Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Nithsdale.
- Christian, who knew nothing of Wallenstein's forces when he invaded, was forced to retire before the combined forces of Wallenstein and Tilly.
- Christian IV receives homage from the countries of Europe as mediator in the Thirty Years' War.
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- After Constantine conquered Byzantium in 324 CE, Christianity spread to Arabia.
- Traditionally, both Jews and Christians believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for Jews the God of the Tanakh, for Christians the God of the Old Testament, the creator of the universe.
- The northwest was under the influence of Christian missionary activity from the Roman Empire, where the Ghassanids, residents of a client kingdom of the Romans, were converted to Christianity.
- In the south, particularly at Najran, a center of Christianity developed as a result of the influence of the Christian kingdom of Axum based on the other side of the Red Sea in Ethiopia.
- Both the Ghassanids and the Christians in the south adopted Monophysitism.
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- In a minor battle known as the Battle of Covadonga, a Muslim force sent to put down the Christian rebels in the northern mountains was defeated by Pelagius of Asturias, who established the monarchy of the Christian Kingdom of Asturias.
- Under his son, other Christian cities were subjected to numerous raids.
- Medieval Spain was the scene of almost constant warfare between Muslims and Christians.
- Faced with the choice of death, conversion, or emigration, many Jews and Christians left.
- The Taifa kingdoms lost ground to the Christian realms in the north.
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- The first Roman emperor to claim conversion to Christianity, Constantine played an influential role in the development of Christianity as the religion of the empire.
- Constantine was the first emperor to stop Christian persecutions and to legalise Christianity along with all other religions and cults in the Roman Empire.
- The edict stated that Christians should be allowed to follow the faith without oppression.
- Helena's Christianity in his youth, or whether he adopted it gradually over the course of his life.
- According to Christian writers, Constantine was over 40 when he finally declared himself a Christian, writing to Christians to make clear that he believed he owed his successes to the protection of the Christian High God alone.