Monasticism
All Souls’ Day
All Souls' Day (November 2): its origin at Cluny, Rome's teaching on purgatory, suffrages, and indulgences for the dead, the Reformation's rejection of it, and a biblical response.
All Souls’ Day
All Souls' Day (November 2): its origin at Cluny, Rome's teaching on purgatory, suffrages, and indulgences for the dead, the Reformation's rejection of it, and a biblical response.
Basil the Great
The leader of the Cappadocian Fathers, defender of the Trinity, “theologian of the Holy Spirit,” and father of Eastern monasticism.
Benedict of Nursia
The abbot of Monte Cassino whose Rule became the pattern for monastic life in the West.
Bernard of Clairvaux
The Cistercian abbot, preacher, and mystic whom Calvin regarded as the major witness to truth between Gregory the Great and the Reformation.
Columba
The Irish monk who founded Iona and carried the gospel to the Picts and Scots.
John Cassian
The monk of Marseilles regarded as the founder of Semi-Pelagianism, the middle way that shaped medieval teaching on grace.
Platonic Influence
An examination of how Platonic philosophy influenced early and medieval Christian thought, sometimes obscuring the Bible’s teaching about creation and humanity.
