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What You Need To Know About The Church. Three Parts of Society. 1. Nobility 2. The Church 3. Everybody Else. The Monastery (aka The Abbey). Each monastery endeavored to form an independent, self-supporting community whose monks had no need of going beyond its limits for anything. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What You Need To KnowAbout The Church
Three Parts of Society
1. Nobility2. The Church3. Everybody Else
The Monastery (aka The Abbey)
Each monastery endeavored to form an independent, self-supporting community whose monks had no need of going beyond its limits for anything.
In course of time, as a monastery increased in wealth and number of inmates, it might come to form an enormous establishment, covering many acres and presenting within its massive walls the appearance of a fortified town.
Titles in the Church
Pope: Head of the church, he is based at the Vatican. Cardinal: advisors to the popeArch Bishop: Oversees bishopsBishop: A bishop, like a priest, is ordained to this
station. He is a teacher of church doctrine, a priest of sacred worship, and a minister of church government.
Abbot: head of the monasteryPrior: runs the monastery in the abbot’s absenceDean: supervises monksMonk: the other guys—each had a job
Monk appearance
Tonsure: clean shaven, except for a narrow strip around the head.
Monk for lifeStrict disciplineCould not leave the
monastery without permission
Why Become a Monk?
To devote their lives to serving GodTo live a life in a secure retreatTo escape from a violent worldTo lead a quiet and peaceful life
VOWS
Monks took the following vows: A) the vow of poverty B) the vow of chastity C) the vow of obedience
The Monastery
Life in the Monastery
Washing and cookingFarming/gathering foodProducing wine, ale, and honeyProviding medical care for the communityProviding educationCopying manuscriptsProviding hospitality for pilgrims (travelers)
Monastery Titles/Positions
Abbot - the head of an abbeyAlmoner - dispensed alms to the poor
and sickBarber Surgeon - the monk who shaved
the faces and tonsures of the monks and performed light surgery
Cantor - leads the choirCellarer - the cellarer was the monk who
supervised the general provisioning of the monastery (keeps up with inventory)
Infirmarian - the monk in charge of the infirmary
Lector - reads the lessons in church or in the refectory.
Sacrist - responsible for the safekeeping of books, vestments and vessels, and for the maintenance of the monastery's buildings
Prior - in charge under the abbot
Daily Life in the Monastery
Matins : 2 am Lauds : 5 amPrime : 6 am Terce : 9 amSext : noonNones : 3 pmVespers : 4 – 5 pmCompline : the last services, recited before
retiring (6pm)All work stops, and you go to prayer time
Rooms in a Monastery
Cellarium: storeroomChapter-house: meeting roomGarderobe: bathroomGranary: place to store grainInfirmary: hospitalLavatorium: room with running water for
washingRefectory: dining hallSacristy: where the sacred stuff is kept