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Page 85
... monks and nuns had evolved into a counterpart of the Buddhist sangha . Unlike Buddhist monasteries , the Taoist monas- teries and clergy never developed great economic power . In spite of their resemblance or , perhaps , because of it ...
... monks and nuns had evolved into a counterpart of the Buddhist sangha . Unlike Buddhist monasteries , the Taoist monas- teries and clergy never developed great economic power . In spite of their resemblance or , perhaps , because of it ...
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... monks under one roof in a community living under the leadership of an abbot ( father , or leader ) . In 323 he founded the first true monastic cloister in Tabennisi , north of Thebes , in Egypt , and joined together houses of 30 to 40 monks ...
... monks under one roof in a community living under the leadership of an abbot ( father , or leader ) . In 323 he founded the first true monastic cloister in Tabennisi , north of Thebes , in Egypt , and joined together houses of 30 to 40 monks ...
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... monks the bearers of a new faith and preservers of a higher civ- ilization . The monks instructed them in the faith and in statecraft . The mission thrust of these monks contrasted sharply with that of the tiny persecuted church in the ...
... monks the bearers of a new faith and preservers of a higher civ- ilization . The monks instructed them in the faith and in statecraft . The mission thrust of these monks contrasted sharply with that of the tiny persecuted church in the ...
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CHINA | 36 |
CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
CHORDATES CHRISTIANITY | 251 |
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