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For anyone unaware, entrepreneurial self-sustainment is a bit of a cornerstone for monastic congregations. It is enshrined in the rule of St Benedict: https://e
by blamazon 4y ago
For anyone unaware, entrepreneurial self-sustainment is a bit of a cornerstone for monastic congregations. It is enshrined in the rule of St Benedict: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_Saint_Benedict https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_Saint_Benedict
- _a_a_a_ 4y agoMeant in the nicest way: you do learn the most curious things on HN.
- gjsman-1000 4y agoWorth remembering they do accept visitors for a free-will donation at many of their houses, Catholic faith not required. Spent a week at one a few months ago.
- gnufx 4y agoBut I thought Carmelites were always friars (the White Friars), who get out and do things like found my old school -- not monks, like Benedictines. Of course there was rather more than self-sustainment in medieval England, at least...
- garciansmith 4y agoThe terminology of "friar" and "monk" is often used more fluidly these days. The Carmelites are a mendicant order, so we'd normally call them friars, but members of this group clearly call themselves monks. You are correct that Carmelites are not Benedictines.