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Fathers, along with the earliest monastic rules coming out of the desert, guided the early monastic development in
the Byzantine world and eventually in the western Christian world. The Rule of Saint Benedict was strongly
influenced by the Desert Fathers, with Saint Benedict urging his monks to read the writings of John Cassian on the
Desert Fathers. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers was also widely read in the early Benedictine monasteries. --
Withdrawal from society: The legalization of Christianity by the Roman Empire in 313 A.D. actually gave Anthony
a greater resolve to go out into the desert. Anthony, who was nostalgic for the tradition of martyrdom, saw
withdrawal and asceticism as an alternative. **When members of the {desert monastic} Church began finding ways
to work with the Roman state, {a few of} the Desert Fathers saw that as a compromise between "the things of God
and the things of Caesar." **The monastic communities were essentially **an alternate [heretical] Christian society.
The {few early} hermits doubted that religion and politics could ever produce a truly Christian society. For them,
the only Christian society was spiritual and not mundane. -- {Note: Where the early (heretics) Desert Monks failed
to influence the early Christian Church via their false doctrine the Roman Government via Constantine would
succeed in exerting a secular influence over the Christian Church. Then with a Roman secular influence over the
Christian Church [starting from about 313 A.D - 325 A.D. the Desert Heretics were then able to leave behind the
desert and [under the guise of the 313 A.D. edict of religious tolerance] once again entered the cities to work as
scholars, faculty, administrators, and priests for avenues to continue to influence the true Christian Church with
their destructive and very unchristian heresies.}
Update: 09-12-2011 - The current schedule is to post a couple of items
and update some eBook material then I'll be out of town for about the
next week - The Apostles series has been concluded at least for the
time being
Note: If we were to continue with the study of the Apostles at some point it would require more and more
speculation as we would have to speculate about where some of the 12 Apostles went and what they accomplished.
Instead of speculating about some of the Apostles I think it's better if we speculated instead on some of the End
Time events. Coming Soon •. End Times a study of some of the Biblical End Time events. ~ God bless everyone,
David Anson Brown
Update: 08-30-2011 - The Basic Christian Ministry Website is on Break
for the next Two Weeks ~ God bless everyone, David Anson Brown
Coming Soon: A new Series of Studies!!
Updated!! Basic Christian: Info News Feed 2004-2011 - eBook available
in EPUB format (ePub)
The complete Basic Christian: Info News Feed 2004-2011 in ePub format. To download the eBook 'Right Click' on
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Updated!! Basic Christian: Info News Feed 2004-2011 - eBook available
in Mobi format (Mobi)
The complete Basic Christian: Info News Feed 2004-2011 in Mobi format. To download the eBook 'Right Click' on
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