tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post2519466959837977071..comments2023-10-17T12:44:50.593+01:00Comments on Synaxis: MonasticismMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04972938279831428593noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-59437658070014894772007-09-20T08:46:00.000+01:002007-09-20T08:46:00.000+01:00Yes, it was indeed you. It's rather disconcerting...Yes, it was indeed you. It's rather disconcerting to learn that my past posts are being scoured. I just know that something I say in conversation will be greetied with, 'But <B>you</B> said, on the 4th of October, 2005, that...'<BR/><BR/><I>(sigh)</I>Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04972938279831428593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-63481043501420301032007-09-20T02:34:00.000+01:002007-09-20T02:34:00.000+01:00Oh, gosh, was this me? I remember this conversatio...Oh, gosh, was this me? I remember this conversation!Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324636915206892169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-51536414205846041042007-04-09T11:46:00.000+01:002007-04-09T11:46:00.000+01:00I think you're actually right, Aristibule. That s...I think you're actually right, Aristibule. That said, I don't know what his experience was of these types of monasticism where he had his being. What he has to say may well be a true reflection on his local situation, but then who knows?<BR/><BR/>I do understand his concerns about eremitic monastics who have not previously been grounded in the monastic life in a community of monks but I do Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04972938279831428593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-49360871917607819682007-04-05T23:12:00.000+01:002007-04-05T23:12:00.000+01:00I always thought St. Benedict goes too far in tryi...I always thought St. Benedict goes too far in trying to promote his cenobitic monasticism at the expense of the other forms. He has rather harsh language for patterns of monastic life which were lived by holy men before - and later.Father Aristibule Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393651388803251279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-13600294227843585682007-04-05T06:44:00.000+01:002007-04-05T06:44:00.000+01:00To my shame I was not aware of the general meaning...To my shame I was not aware of the general meaning of monastic as <I>solitary one</I>. I knew there were some, but I always believed them to be the exception.<BR/><BR/>I continue to learn. Thank you, and thanks be to God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com