When were monasteries first built?

Answer 1

Monasticism began in the communities of prayer in the Egyptian desert by Saint Anthony the Great around the year 300, because he saw the need for spiritual guidance. For more information, please refer to the 'Related Links' below.

Answer 2

Christian monasticism began after Constantine legalized and tolerated Christianity. Since Christians (in the Roman Empire) received tax breaks and were the only people eligible to run for office, some of the Romans would join Christianity for the benefits, not because they actually believe in Christianity. This angered Christians, so they withdrew themselves from the world, and Christian monasticism began!

Answer 3

So that the people who had no church to go to had somewhere to go but also the Catholics and Protestants went in monasteries together so they could build up there faiths and get along with each other

Answer 4

Monasticism began in the deserts of Egypt and the Middle East as early as the 2nd century AD, with solitary Christian hermits living alone and devoting their time to the worship of God. For around 300 years these hermits (monachoi in Greek) lived lives of abstinence and ascetism, inhabiting caves and areas away from other people.

At the start of the 5th century Jerome, a Father of the Latin Church, established the first rules of monasticism and published writings on the Egyptian hermits, who had begun to gather in colonies for mutual support and protection - living alone (monos in Greek) but together.

The hermit colonies began to build small churches for themselves and these were the first monastic foundations; new rules were required to govern the daily routine in these monasteries. The Greek word monachoi was Latinised as monachi, monks.

In the 7th century Saint Benedict of Nursia wrote his Regula (Rule) in Latin to set out almost every aspect of the life of monks living in monasteries - this was adopted across the whole of Europe and became the basis of the monastic life for over 1500 years. It was interpreted in many different ways by the various Orders of monks, but in essence it was the same set of rules in every monastery.

Answer 5

In the Middle Ages, so around 1066, i would think! LMAO

Answer 6

they were built as old churches, but monasteries are places where you worship the god of your choice.