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Trappists, popular name for an order of Roman Catholic monks, officially (since 1892) the Reformed Cistercians Cistercians , monks of a Roman Catholic religious order founded (1098) by St. Robert, abbot of Molesme, in Cîteaux [Cistercium], Côte-d'Or dept., France. They reacted against Cluniac departures from the Rule of St. Benedict.
..... Click the link for more information. or Cistercians of the Stricter Observance. They perpetuate the reform begun at La Trappe, Orne dept., France, by Armand de Rancé Rancé, Armand Jean le Bouthillier de , 1626–1700, French religious reformer, founder of the Trappists. He was of a noble family, was well educated, and lived at court as a worldly priest. ..... Click the link for more information. (c.1660). The reformer's aim was to restore primitive Cistercian (hence also primitive Benedictine) life; actually the Trappists surpassed both St. Benedict and St. Bernard in austerity. The reform was acclaimed in the world, but many Cistercians resisted it. The whole order was affected, but some abbeys never accepted the reform as such. The life of Trappists is one of strict seclusion from the world. Working hours are devoted to common and private worship, labor (often manual), and study; there is no recreation, meat is eaten only by the sick, and silence is observed except under unusual circumstances, but not by vow. Lay brothers do much of the farming, a peculiarly Cistercian practice. In the 19th and 20th cent. the Trappists shared in the revival of monasticism monasticism , form of religious life, usually conducted in a community under a common rule. Monastic life is bound by ascetical practices expressed typically in the vows of celibacy, poverty, and obedience, called the evangelical counsels. ..... Click the link for more information. and expanded greatly. There are 12 abbeys in the United States. The head of the order, the abbot general of Cîteaux, lives in Rome. BibliographySee T. Merton, The Silent Life (1957); L. J. Lekai, The Rise of the Cistercian Strict Observance in Seventeenth Century France (1968). Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | She also saw there the members of the Lob family, including three brothers who were Trappist monks and three sisters who were Trappistines. unanimously decided that the people of Norway's invitation was God's call, and five members of the community, joined by two native Norwegian Trappistines from other abbeys, would be sent to reintroduce Cistercian life to Tautra. The Trappistines are the result of seventeenth-century reforms of the Cistercian Order that reestablished monastic silence, manual labor, and asceticism, and, while rules governing Trappistine abbeys have undergone gradual changes since these reforms, the emphasis on a balance between prayer, spiritual study, and manual labor remains central to Cistercian life. |
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