CATH 1190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: De Doctrina Christiana
4 Apr 2016
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09/30/2015 - the formation of religious communities, the fall of. Guide questions: recognize some of the reasons why christian men and women decided to live the solitary life, understand why christians men and women started to live together in communities. Emperor constantine - ended persecution and stopped christians from becoming a martyr. St. anthony of egypt and st. paul the hermit. Antony - decided to live a solitary life. Gave her sister to a community of women. Sleeping on the ground, eating less, lived in the wild or caves. St. paul - his story was wrote by st. jerome. They had a conflict as to who was the first hermit. (st. anthony) Saints" life - like a biography but shows aspects of their life. Life of st. anthony - first one who had his story published. Women who tried to live this kind of life was either raped or killed. - they"re more suitable to live in a community.
