زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ١٣٨ - Mental origin

century, when the Roman Emperor, called Dissious, conflictedvi gorously with the Christians, and after being defeated by this Emperor, they escaped and resorted to the mountains and deserts.. [١]

It is noteworthy that the same is narrated in the traditions ofProphet S. A., when he said to Ebne Masoud: Do you know whereof monkery originates? He said: God and His Prophet are more informed! He said: Some of the unjust rulers appeared after ChristA. S., and the believers fought them three times, and when theywere defeated, escaped to the deserts and mountains and waitedfor appearance of the Promised Prophet of Christ( MohammadS. A. ), and engaged in worship therein.. [٢]

Viel Dorant, the famous Christian historian writes a detailed discussion in respect to monks in the volume ١٣ of his history.

He believes that joining of nuns to the monks was started from fourth century A. C., and monkery developed increasingly so that it was in its utmost degree of progress in the tenth Christian century.

Then he narrates a detailed explanation about the situationof convents, and the custom of giving up marriage and attemptof monks for inhabiting the arid lands and agriculture, handcrafts, embroidery and other amusements of nuns.

One of the most basic requisites of monkery was giving upmarriage absolutely.

Farid Vajdi narrates in the encyclopedia that some of the

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