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Catholic AnswerIn the twenty-first century, there are all kinds of monks. Most Benedictine monks live a thoroughly modern life. They still wear a habit, basically unchanged for centuries, although lighter and more simple than earlier habits. Their diet is little different than anybody else, they teach school, work in parishes, etc. Carthusians, who are more hermits than monks, live a very austere life, not so modern. But both of them are Catholics, not Amish, so they use electricity, etc. The only thing that is not "modern" about any of the religious orders, is that they are genuinely trying to lead a religious life based on the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience. These three vows are about as far away as you can get from "modern" values as can be imagined. In that way, no they cannot live a modern life without ceasing to be monks.
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Did monks live in religious communities where they tried to live a spiritual life apart from the temptations of the world?
Yes, that is pretty much the definition of a monk or a hermit. Monks live in community, hermits live solitary lives.
How were monks and monasteries alike?
Monks were, and are, men who are devoted to religious life. They live in buildings called monasteries. So monks are people are monasteries are buildings, so in that way they are not alike at all.
What is a budihst monastrie?
a Buddhist monastery is a place where Buddhist monks live their spiritual life.
Where did Irish monks live?
Irish monks did and do live in Ireland in a Monastery.
What are the abodes for monks called?
As far as I know, Monks live in Monasteries.
Do monks live in abbots?
No. Monks live in Abbeys and Abbots are the head of the Abbey.
How are the monks and monasteries related?
Monks live in monasteries.
What is the difference between hermits and monks?
Hermits usually live alone and isolated from a community. Monks live in monasteries, usually with other monks.
Why do monks live a religious life?
Because giving up all distractions to pursue a non-religious life would be pointless.
Did monks have children?
Monks are supposed to be celibate (unmarried) so they rarely have children. A few monks are people who have had children in early life and then become monks in later life.
What does means modern life?
to live life as you please
How did the medieval times nuns have a different life than monks?
Nuns were more likely to be cloistered in their monasteries with very little contact with the outside world. As a group, monks had more freedom to live a secular kind of life if they wished.
