Internet Theology Resources:
Monastic Studies
Contents
- Adamnan (625?-704), Life of St.
Columba. [242K]. English translation, with an introduction. Also has a
link to Book 1 and the first thirty chapters of Book 2 in Latin.
- Bishop Maximos E. Aghiorgoussis, Monasticism in
the Orthodox Church.
- The American Benedictine Academy.
Local file.
- The Ancrene
Wisse, also known as the Ancrene Riwle
(c. 1215). In Middle English,
edited by Robert Hasenfratz. Uses some Windows-only characters. This edition
originally published by TEAMS in 2000.
- Bibliography on Women
in Byzantium. Updated annually. Edited by Alice-Mary Talbot. [57K text,
36K graphics].
- Herman (Marc) Blaydoe, Orthodox Monasteries
of North America. Blaydoe is a member of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox
Church.
- Images of Byzantine
Monasteries. Assembled by Paul Halsall, as part of his site on
Byzantium.
- The Celtic
Saints. Many of them monastic. Directory of brief biographies compiled by
Stuart Woodward.
- The Cistercians. Local file.
- Dorotheus of Gaza (fl. 540), Conferencias. In
Spanish. Requires JavaScript and a 4.0 or later browser. Dorotheus was a
disciple of Barsanuphius and John, and is important in the history of hesychasm
and the Jesus Prayer.
- Egeria (4th/5th C.)
- Egeria and the
Fourth Century Liturgy of Jerusalem. Latin text and English translation of
the final third of Egeria's Itinerarium. With
bibliography. Prepared by Michael Fraser.
- The Pilgrimage
of Etheria. 1919 SPCK edition, translated by M.L. McClure and C.L. Feltoe. Preserves pagination of printed version.
"Much is wanting," as the editors themselves note, but this is the most
complete version of Egeria yet available online.
- Éllopos:
Internet Resources on Christian Asceticism. Not exclusively monastic, but
many of the resources are pertinent to monasticism. Interesting
collection of bibliographies, book reviews, and links to primary and secondary
sources. "Modern" section is weak, though.
- Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-c.395), Life of Macrina.
[85K text, 11K graphics]. Macrina the Younger was the sister of Gregory and of
Basil the Great, and presided over a double monastery.
- History
of Magh Eó (Mayo Abbey)
- Mark Holdsworth, Carthusian Monks. [3K
text, 56K graphics]. A personal account of contemporary Carthusian life.
- Jerome
- Life of St. Declan
of Ardmore / Betha Decclain (5th C.?). [95K].
- Moines Chartreux et moniales
Chartreuses. The official home page of the Carthusians. In French, English, Spanish,
German, and Italian, in that order of preference.
- Order of St. Benedict. Local file.
- Patrística. From
the Biblioteca Electrónica Cristiana, in Spanish. A
collection of important early texts, many of them monastic. Some texts require
JavaScript and a 4.0 or later browser.
- Rule of
St. Columba (6th C.)
- SisterSite.
Home page of the SISTER-L mailing list. Not exclusively monastic, but a wealth
of resources related to women in religious orders, women's studies, feminism,
spirituality.
- Theodoret of Cyr, Vie
de saint Syméon le Stylite. [34K text, 27K graphic].
- Antony of Egypt (c. 250-355 or 356), Cartas. His
letters, in Spanish. Requires JavaScript and a 4.0 or later browser.
- Aphrahat, Demonstration VI:
Of Monks. (337). [111K text, 1K graphics].
- Athanasius
- Augustine, Regula S. Augustini (c. 397)
- Basil (c. 329-379), Les
règles monastiques. Both the "long rules" and the "short
rules." 1969 French translation by Léon Lebe.
- John Cassian
- Conferences.
(426-428). (Complete table of contents, 67K). A much briefer table of contents
for the Conferences can be found on the index page for Cassian's
works. Both are local files.
- De institutis coenobiorum et de octo principalium vitiorum
remediis libri XII (419-426).
- Institutes of the
Coenobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults. English translation
by Edgar C.S. Gibson. Local file.
- Les
institutions cénobitiques. French translation. Each book in its own
file.
- Council of Gangra (between 325 and 381), Canons.
- The History of the
Coptic Language.
- Images of Egyptian monasteries
- St. Antony's
- St. Bishoy
- St. Mary and St. Yehnis Kama, also known as "the Syrian
monastery"
- Robert Oshana, Learn
Assyrian Online. Aramaic alphabet, Syriac vocabulary. Must have graphics
capability. Site also has .au files. [25K text, 36K graphics].
- Palladius (d. c. 430), The Lausiac
History. Excerpts. [128K].
- Paradise of
the Desert Fathers (also known as Lives of the Desert Fathers,
4th C.). Excerpts from Norman Russell's translation.
- Regla de
San Pacomio (c. 318). With St. Jerome's preface.
- St. Catherine's
Monastery (Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt). Handsome, informative page from the
Ministry of Tourism, Egypt. [6K text, 98K graphics].
- From the Sayings of the
Desert Fathers (4th C.). Excerpts.
- Sulpitius Severus (c. 363-420)
- Dialogues
- English translation:
- French translation:
- Vita beati Martini
- Wadi
Natrun Excavation Stills. Photos of the monastery of St. John the Little
(385). Gives details on file types and sizes for each page. Hasn't been
updated since December 1995.
- The Charta Caritatis (1119)
- Foundation
Charter of Cluny (910)
- Institut für Frühmittelalterforschung, Cluny -
Projekt. Features two bibliographies, and a directory of "Cluny on the
Internet." [4K text, more than 113K graphics].
- Benoit Meslet, Le renouveau
cistercien (XIe- XIIIe siècles). Some odd
assertions (e.g., that Cassian was merely a translator and not an author), but,
overall, a good basic historical introduction to the rise and decline of the
Cistercians.
- The Rule of Benedict (early
to middle 6th C.). Local file. With links to the Latin and translations in
French, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish.
- Jeff Thomas, Welsh
Abbeys. Photos, archaeology, architectural and historical information
pertaining to medieval Welsh abbeys and priories. All ruined by the
16th-century Dissolution. Mostly Cistercian, but one Premonstratensian site as
well. This web site also offers some information on Celtic Christianity, the
"Age of Saints" in Wales, and holy wells.
- John Cassian
- Conference
10: Second Conference of Abbot Isaac: On Prayer. (426-428). Local
file.
- Conference
18: Conference of Abbot Piamun: On the Three Sorts of Monks. Local
file.
- Conference
19: Conference of Abbot John: On the Aim of the Coenobite and Hermit. Local
file.
- Institutes, Book
4, Chapter 39: Of the way in which we shall mount towards perfection,
whereby we may afterwards ascend from the fear of God up to love. (419-426).
Local file. [67K].
- The Rule of Benedict (early
to middle 6th C.). Local file. With links to the Latin and translations in
French, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish.
- Athanasius, Vita Antonii (c. 357)
- Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153), De diligendo Deo
- John Cassian, Conferences.
(426-428). (Complete table of contents, 67K). A much briefer table of contents
for the Conferences can be found on the index page for Cassian's
works. Both are local files.
- Gregory the Great (540?-604), De vita et miraculis
venerabilis Benedicti. Is Book II of the Dialogues
(593-594).
- The Life of St. Mary of Egypt (4th C.)
- Paradise of
the Desert Fathers (also known as Lives of the Desert Fathers,
4th C.). Excerpts from Norman Russell's translation.
- Regla de
San Pacomio (c. 318).
- The Rule of Benedict (early
to middle 6th C.). Local file. With links to the Latin and translations in
French, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish.
- From the Sayings
of the Desert Fathers (4th C.). Excerpts.
- Vie
de saint Abraham et de sa niece sainte Marie.
- William of St. Thierry
(c. 1085-1148?), Lettre
ou livre aux frères du Mont-Dieu. Called the "Golden Epistle."
French translation and introduction by Charpentier.
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