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The Cistercians ( / sɪˈstɜːrʃənz / ), [1] officially the Order of Cistercians ( Latin: (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist ), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly-influential Bernard ...
The Trappists, officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance ( Latin: Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae, abbreviated as OCSO) and originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe, [1] are a Catholic religious order of cloistered monastics that branched off from the Cistercians.
Cistercian, member of a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in 1098 and named after the original establishment at Citeaux (Latin: Cistercium), near Dijon, France. The order’s founders were a group of Benedictine monks who desired to live under the strictest interpretation of the Rule of St. Benedict.
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Urdhëri i Cistercianëve. Urdhëri i Cistercianëve është urdhëri monakal më i vjetër në Perëndim, i krijuar në shekullin XI. Ky urdhër ushtronte asketizëm të rreptë dhe thjeshtësi përsa i përket veshjes së monakëve dhe zbukurimit të kishave, ndërtesave të manastireve etj.
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Mar 28, 2018 · Introduction. Cistercian monasticism began when in 1098 twenty-one monks from the wealthy Burgundian monastery of Molesme undertook to create a new monastery in which they would live in voluntary poverty, “poor with the poor Christ,” and in literal adherence to the Rule of Saint Benedict. Over the next millennium, in their habits of undyed ...
The Order of Cistercians ( OCist; Latin: Cistercienses ), sometimes called the White Monks (from the color of their habit, over which a black scapular or apron is sometimes worn) is a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monks. The first Cistercian Abbey was founded by Robert of Molesme (c. 1028–1111 C.E.) in 1098 C.E., at Cîteaux Abbey.
Cistercian architecture is a style of architecture associated with the churches, monasteries and abbeys of the Roman Catholic Cistercian Order. It was heavily influenced by Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1153), who believed that churches should avoid superfluous ornamentation so as not to distract from prayer.
