Man of Blessing

Man of Blessing
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Publisher : Paraclete Press (MA)
Total Pages : 182
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ISBN-10 : 1612611621
ISBN-13 : 9781612611624
Rating : 4/5 (624 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Man of Blessing by : Carmen Acevedo Butcher

Download or read book Man of Blessing written by Carmen Acevedo Butcher and published by Paraclete Press (MA). This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saint Benedict's life is shrouded in mystery. Disturbed by the immorality of urban life in Rome around AD 500, he left the city to become a hermit. Disciples later joined him, and within a few decades the hermit became an abbot, and his great rule has guided Western monasticism ever since. Known to history primarily through Gregory the Great's Dialogues, written a century after Benedict's death, this great medieval figure is now made known to us by Carmen Avecedo Butcher. She explores all aspects of his unusual life, illuminating important episodes in the foundation of Western monasticism at the end of the Roman empire and the beginning of the Middle Ages.


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