Lecture - Church History- History 101 - Monasticism
Sat, May 06
|CYC
Monasticism emerged in the late 3rd century and had become an established institution in the Christian church by the 4th century. The first Christian monks, who had developed an enthusiasm for asceticism, appeared in Egypt
Time & Location
May 06, 2023, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
CYC, Coptic Youth Center, 2500 Hansen Rd, Hayward, CA 94541, USA
About the event
The origins of and inspiration for monasticism, an institution based on the Christian ideal of perfection, have traditionally been traced to the first apostolic community in Jerusalem—which is described in the Acts of the Apostles—and to Jesus’ sojourn in the wilderness. In this lecture (Lecture 3 in Church History 101) we cover the Monastic era in the church history and how the Coptic Church shapped the whole movement around the globe with solitary figures who, out of a desire for further and more advanced isolation, established themselves in tombs, in abandoned or half-deteriorated human settlements, in caves, and, finally, in the wilderness of the desert to do battle against the desires of the flesh and the wiles of the devil.