| Uphold your vows strictly, be they marriage, monasticism, nonaddiction, tithing, loyalty to a lineage, vegetarianism or nonsmoking. |
| The two brands of monasticism differed in their attitude toward the state, and toward the question of monachal property. |
| Chapter 3, on pre-Christian Egyptian monasticism, along with a paragraph on Sufi mysticism, is too sketchy and vague to be of much help. |
| By contrast, the vision of early monasticism presented in the Letters of Antony should be understood as both authentic and reliable. |
| Is monasticism a purer search for God or only a way of life some people need? |
| Following closely to this preoccupation with asceticism was monasticism which spread with incredible rapidity. |
