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If we ask the question, when was the Benadictine Order formed, then
the 1st simple strict answers is: never, or not yet. The
history of Benedictine communities has been the story of a long
struggle to preserve the independence which was tradionally
regarded as an essential mark of Benedictine monachism.
900-1050 - monastic influence rose to its peak in the
political + social life of Western Europe
- between 1050+1150 the numerical strencth of the monastic
world increased but the place of the monks in the life of
the Church + the wold did not grow in proportion.
- conflict - spostolic vs angelic life
11-12th C activity vs prayer
1) The Augustinian Canons
2) The Cistercians (1097)
3( The Knights - 1118 first house of Templars found in Jerusalem
4) Abbenses + prioresses
5) St. Norbert + St. Francis - the Premonstratensiens + the Friars
(12th C) (13th C)

The Augsburg printer Hans Otmar was active in that city
from 1502 to 1514 after 1st having been established in Rentlingen
+ Tubingen. His son Silvan Otmar operated a printing
press in Augsburg from 1513 to 1539. Silvan took a decided
interest in printing Reformation treatise: including many of
Luther's writings
THe language of the Book of COmmon Prayer influenced Englishe
press for 4 centuries. It also affected attitudes + ways of
thinking. The 1st official prayer book of the Episcapal
Church printed in 1790 was based on it.

If we ask the question, when was the Benadictine Order formed, then
the 1st simple strict answers is: never, or not yet. The
history of Benedictine communities has been the story of a long
struggle to preserve the independence which was tradionally
regarded as an essential mark of Benedictine monachism.
900-1050 - monastic influence rose to its peak in the
political + social life of Western Europe
- between 1050+1150 the numerical strencth of the monastic
world increased but the place of the monks in the life of
the Church + the wold did not grow in proportion.
- conflict - spostolic vs angelic life
11-12th C activity vs prayer
1) The Augustinian Canons
2) The Cistercians (1097)
3( The Knights - 1118 first house of Templars found in Jerusalem
4) Abbenses + prioresses
5) St. Norbert + St. Francis - the Premonstratensiens + the Friars
(12th C) (13th C)

The Augsburg printer Hans Otmar was active in that city
from 1502 to 1514 after 1st having been established in Rentlingen
+ Tubingen. His son Silvan Otmar operated a printing
press in Augsburg from 1513 to 1539. Silvan took a decided
interest in printing Reformation treatise: including many of
Luther's writings
THe language of the Book of COmmon Prayer influenced Englishe
press for 4 centuries. It also affected attitudes + ways of
thinking. The 1st official prayer book of the Episcapal
Church printed in 1790 was based on it.