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The Rule of Saint Augustine in OTL, actually, it's just that its impact has been magnified by the presence of more monasteries in the region. As I plan to elaborate upon later, African monasticism will take on a very different flavor from European monasticism, but both are ultimately derived...

The Rule of Saint Augustine and Monastic Life in the Early Augustine Period Despite a common cenobitic foundation, monasteries of the Pre-Augustinian Era followed dozens of different rulesets both written and unwritten. These rules were as varied as the towns the monasteries surrounded, and...

Pre-Augustinian Era 361 - 423 In 360 in Sitifis (Setif), a small group of devout Chalcedonians meet in a church on the edge of town. All of them wish to devote their lives to God, but the priesthood seems too connected to the world and hermitage far too distant. After some discussion, Timasius...

Preface: Why North Africa? During the time of Saint Augustine, North Africa was one of the great centers of Christianity, hundreds of bishoprics prospering despite frequent conflicts between fractured sects. Yet by 1200 the last churches in North Africa were circling the drain, their...

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