Pre-Benedictine Monasticism: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 2 Volume 9

by Thomas Merton and Thomas Merton OCSO

Charged with training young monks at Gethsemani Abbey, Thomas Merton combined his literary genius and his love of the monastic tradition to produce Monastic Orientation Notes as the bases of his classes. In this volume, he treats the many and varied forms of monastic life which preceded, and helped to form, the Rule of Saint Benedict.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879070730
• ISBN13: 9780879070731
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.4"