The following are the original hours of prayers as contained in the Rule of St. Benedict and other Breviaries from ancient times up until Vatican Council II, along with their current state and names:
Matins (Night Prayer, now called the Office of Readings)
Lauds (Dawn Prayer, now called Morning Prayer)
Prime (First hour of the day, now suppressed)
Terce (Third hour of the day, now called Mid-morning prayer)
Sext (Sixth hour of the day, now called mid-day prayer)
None (Ninth hour of the day, now called Mid-afternoon prayer)
Vespers (End of the work day, now called Evening Prayer)
Compline (Before bed prayer, now called Night Prayer)
Monks were around for every single year of the Medieval Age. There were also monks in late Roman times, and there are still monks in modern times. Monks have been around for a good long while, and not all of them were Medieval. * The Medieval Age lasted from the 5th Century to the 15th.
Levels of a Monk:NoviceRassaphoreStavrophoreGreat SchemaType of Monks:Roman Catholic MonksAnglican MonksLutheran MonksBuddhist monksJain MonksVaishnava monks
monk is not a he its a or the monks. monks are the praiser of there god or spirit the monks of the Christan live at the cathedral so do Buddha monks! almost all religions have monks. heres an example of monks and every thing..... praiser>monk>priest.
Across the globe in all cultures they had names that were equivalent to their specialty. Some were called teachers, others were herbal healers, seers, massagers, monks, spiritual leadersm etc,
Monks are mean to quit all the worldy and bodily pleasures so they leave every thing which can deflect them from their path of Moksha ( ultimate devotion.)
scriptorium is from latin, means a room where writing is done. in ancient times there was no automatized book printing so all books were copied bu hand by monks in scriptoriums
There were no monks in Tudor England. All monasteries had been destroyed by Henry VIII in the period 1537 - 1540 and all monks were required to either retire on a pension or seek alternative employment. Any that objected or resisted were murdered.
church men who separated themselves from the world
No. Some monks do not talk at all.
yes, they are every where and at all times.
only practicing buddhists wear grey robes. the monks wear orange or yellow.
Supposedly, these were the last words of Henry VIII. How true that is, I couldn't say.