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Asceticism - A Community of Stability in a Society of Chaos
Benedict's vision was to create a monastic community of calm in a society of chaos. The word asceticism comes from the Greek word that's used in the New Testament, a gizomai. Benedict wrote up his rule of life as a way,. and the monastic movement in the west is different than other monastic movements like in Egypt before that.