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		The obedience shown to the Abbot is regarded as obedience paid to God Himself, and all the respect and reverence with which he is treated by the brethren of his house is paid him for Christ's love, because as abbot -- father -- he is the representative of Christ in the midst of the brethren.
		His domestic authority empowers the Abbot to administer the property of the abbey, to maintain the discipline of the house, to compel the religious, even by penalties, to observe the Rule and the Constitutions of the Order, and to ordain whatever else may be essential for the preservation of peace and order in the community.
		Abbots are furthermore privileged to dedicate their abbey church and the cemetery of the monastery, and authorized to reconcile them in case of desecration.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/abbot.html (4949 words)

	Abbot Resource Center - abbot
		Abbots more and more assumed almost episcopal state, and in defiance of the prohibition of early councils and berenice abbot the protests of St Bernard and others, adopted the episcopal insignia of mitre, ring, gloves and sandals.
		The first undoubted instance is the bull by which newton abbot Alexander II in 1063 granted the use of the mitre to Egelsinus, abbot of the monastery of St Augustine at Canterbury.
		The newly elected abbot was to put off his shoes at the door of the church, and proceed barefoot to meet abbot costello who's on first the members of the house advancing in a procession.
	www.taxgloss.com /Tax-Professions_A_-_Be-/Abbot.html (3038 words)

	Wikinfo \| Abbot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An abbot (from the Hebrew ab, "a father", through the Syriac abba, Latin abbas (genitive form, abbatis), Old English abbad, ; German Abt; French abbé) is the head and chief governor of a community of monks, called also in the East hegumenos or archimandrite.
		In abbeys exempt from episcopal jurisdiction, the confirmation and benediction had to be conferred by the pope in person, the house being taxed with the expenses of the new abbot's journey to Rome.
		Sometimes a very real hold was maintained, so the Abbot of Cluny had such vast income from the network of filial monasteries that he was one of the most powerfull men in the church, and a eral papabile.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Abbot (2780 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abbot
		Upon the Abbot therefore, as upon the father of a family, devolves the government and direction of those who are committed to his care, and a paternal solicitude should characterize his rule.
		He receives the insignia of his office -- the mitre, crosier, ring, etc. -- from the hands of the officiating prelate, and at the Offertory presents to him two small casks of wine, two loaves of bread, and two large wax tapers; he says the Mass with the bishop and receives Holy Communion from him.
		A newly appointed Abbot, before he receives the solemn benediction at the hands of the bishop takes an oath that he will discharge faithfully all the duties of his office, specifying among others that of attending councils: "Vocatus ad synodum, veniam, nisi praepeditus fuero canonica praepeditione" (Pontif.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01015c.htm (4959 words)

	Abbot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The title had its origin in the monasteries of Egypt and Syria, spread through the eastern Mediterranean, and soon became accepted generally in all languages as the designation of the head of a monastery.
		The name "abbot" came in fairly general use in western monastic orders whose members include priests.
		The abuse was not confined to the West.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abbot (3196 words)

	Abbot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		---- An abbot (from the Hebrew ab, "a father", through the Syriac abba, Latin abbas (genitive form, abbatis), Old English abbad, ; German Abt; French abbé) is the head and chief governor of a community of monks, called also in the East hegumenos or archimandrite.
		The adoption of episcopal insignia by abbots was followed by an encroachment on episcopal functions, which had to be specially but ineffectually guarded against by the Lateran council, AD 1123.
		In the German Evangelical church the title of abbot (''Abt'') is sometimes bestowed, like abbe, as an honorary distinction, and sometimes survives to designate the heads of monasteries converted at the Reformation into collegiate foundations.
	abbot.kiwiki.homeip.net (2706 words)

	The ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church
		From a historical point of view, all other periods must be judged more or less incomplete, faulty, or flawed in relation to those normative periods and documents and, further, the present must conform to the normative period in so far as is humanly possible.
		The historical choices made by the magisterium and the theological assumptions made by Metz are obscured by the conflation of history and theology.
		Theologians have argued persuasively that tradition demands that certain historical moments ought to be determined as normative.(100) The further theological argument can be made that the magisterium is the appropriate body to determine which historical periods should be considered as normative.
	www.womenpriests.org /theology/macy.asp (9232 words)

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		Historical investigation does reveal certain recurring patterns and traits that can justifiably be held up as "characteristics" of the school (at least during certain periods), but it also shows that there was often a great deal of diversity, disagreement, and competition within it.
		All public monasteries had buddha halls (butsuden), where various offerings and sutra chanting services were held; dharma halls (hatto), where abbots gave lectures and entertained questions; and sangha halls (sodo), where the main body of monks sat in meditation, ate, and slept at their places on the open platforms.
		The majority of the abbots in the metropolitan Zen were, in fact, from one or another of the Rinzai lineages, but a few were in the Soto line descended from Hung-chih.
	www.dharmaeye.org /zenteachings/sotohistory.htm (14281 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		Archbishops and abbots, although wielding great power in their own regions, were subordinate to the pope, despite his frequent inability to enforce his claims.
		Bishops and abbots administered great amounts of land and other wealth and were thus a major economic and political force, over which the king had to exercise some control if he was to assert his authority over his secular nobility.
		Historically, the most noteworthy of these were probably the ones that arose in the CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/religion/christianity.html (6003 words)

	The Abbots of the Cistercian Abbey of Bordesley
		The abbots of the Cistercian Abbey of Bordesley.
		John de Acton became abbot in 1361, was abbot in 1381/2 and may have resigned or died as late as 1384.
		The king "committed the keeping of the abbey with its possessions to Ralph, earl of Stafford, during pleasure, to dispose of all issues thereof, beyond sustenance of the monks and their servants to a moderate number, towards the relief of the abbey, to stop all corrodies, farms and other charges, until it be relieved".
	www.cs.bham.ac.uk /~pjh/bordesley_abbey/abbots/abbots.html (1242 words)

	Historical home designs, holocaust historical facts, historical places, historical house plans, famous houses
		Abbotsford is a historic house in the region of Scottish Borders in the south of Scotland, near Melrose, on south bank of the River Tweed.
		The nucleus of the estate was a small farm of 100 acres (0.4 km²), called Cartleyhole, nicknamed Clarty (i.e., muddy) Hole, and bought by Scott on the lapse of his lease (1811) of the neighbouring house of Ashestiel.
		Into various parts of the fabric were built relics and curiosities from historical structures, such as the doorway of the old Tolbooth in Edinburgh.
	www.worldhouseinfo.com /AbbotsfordHouse.htm (466 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : The Historical Origin of Indulgences
		Only in this way was he able to discern, among conflicting opinions, the historical presuppositions and actual origin of indulgences, eliminating doubtful references and clarifying ambiguous or misinterpreted terms.
		In historical research, then, we must carefully determine whether indulgence refers to a strictly extrasacramental act, so that we can decide whether an indulgence in the proper sense is meant or some other form of penitential remission.
		Historical reflection on the phenomenon of indulgences shows how the Church has acquired an ever clearer awareness of a basic conviction: in the spiritual realm "everything belongs to everyone".
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=1054 (3542 words)

	Venerable Bede
		I was born in the territory of the said monastery, and at the age of seven I was, by the care of my relations, given to the reverend Abbot Benedict (Biscop), and afterwards to Ceolfrid, to be educated.
		Other historical works of Bede are the History of the Abbots (of Wearmouth and Jarrow), and the lives of Cuthbert in verse and prose.
		The Epistle to Egbert, though not historical in form, may be mentioned here, because of the valuable information which it contains as to the state of the Northumbrian Church, on which the disorders and revolutions of the Northumbrian kingdom had told with disastrous effect.
	www.nndb.com /people/761/000094479 (1241 words)

	The Panels
		These seasonal panels are made to correspond with the convenient number of six Abbots, whose historical periods appear on the obverse side of each panel.
		The historical panels show the history of the New Norcia Mission, from 1846 to the present day, divided for convenience into six periods corresponding to the six Abbots who have ruled New Norcia since the beginning.
		According to this historical sequence, the panels depict the way in which the traditional human activity gradually diminishes over the period of the mission's existence.
	www.newnorcia.wa.edu.au /panels_tour.htm (773 words)

	Abbot biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An abbot (from the Hebrew ab, "a father", through the Syriac abba, Latin abbas (genitve form, abbatis), Old English abbad, ; German Abt; French abbé) is the head and chief governor of a community of monks, called also in the East hegumenos or archimandrite.
		Sometimes the monks were directly subject to the lay abbot; sometimes he appointed a substitute to perform the spirtual functions, known usually as dean (decanus), but also as abbot (abbas legitimas, monasticus, regularis).
		the lunar impact crater, with eponym Charles G. Abbot.
	abbot.biography.ms (2589 words)

	Stapleford Abbots: Introduction \| British History Online
		Stapleford Abbots is about 5 miles north of Romford and 5 miles south-west of Chipping Ongar.
		In 1896 a sub-post-office under Romford was established at Stapleford Abbots, with two rural posts.
		About 132 acres of woodland in the west of Stapleford Abbots, belonging mostly to the manor of Battles Hall, formed part of Hainault Forest.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=15672 (1808 words)

	Dogen Zen Symposium Foulk Paper
		All public monasteries, whether or not their abbacies were reserved for Ch an monks, had basically the same buildings, bureaucratic structures, schedules of activities, and basic forms of Buddhist discipline and practice.
		No, what distinguished the training in Ch an monasteries was chiefly the teaching style of the abbots, who based their talks and debates on the koan literature that was the hallmark of the Ch an tradition.
		Ju-ching, of course, was the monk who eventually gave Dogen dharma transmission, and he was an heir to the Ts ao-tung lineage in the third generation after Chen-hsieh.
	scbs.stanford.edu /calendar/1999-00/dogen_zen/papers/foulk.html (4896 words)

	Historical abbots - Slider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is an incomplete list of abbots through history.
		He was of Scottish origin, but pilgrimaged in his youth to Colonia to the Scottish convent of St. Martin.
		Saint Abel (died 5 August 764) was abbot of Lobbes and archbishop of Rheims.
	enc.slider.com /Enc/Aaron_(abbot) (210 words)

	rando city tour
		Metro : "Cluny la Sorbonne" line 10 or R.E.R. Built on the ruins of a roman public bath, for the Abbots of Cluny, this XVI th century castle is housing the famous XV th century tapestry "Lady with unicorn".
		As the historical heart of Paris this Island was also the birthplace of Christianity in France under the late Roman Empire (3rd to 5th century A.D.)with a first cathedral built during the 4 th century.
		Notre-Dame, jewel of Gothic architecture was built from the XII th century until its consecration in 1345.
	www.paris-tourisme.com /citytour/historical.html (437 words)

	Abbots Langley history
		In the wake of the subsequent occupation, the Norman, Paul de Caen, became Abbot.
		The international historical significance of Abbots Langley is as the birthplace of the only Englishman ever to become Pope in Rome.
		The land around Abbots Langley was then considered to be a very attractive rural location which was still quite close to London’s high society.
	www.allhs.btinternet.co.uk /brief_history_of_abbots_langley.htm (542 words)

	Magna Carta @ Gavel2Gavel.com \|\|\| Summary and Full text
		In 1215, king John, faced with the possibility of revolt and civil war, agreed to the demands of his Barons and granted the Magna Carta.
		The archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justiciars, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all his bailiffs and faithful subjects, GREETING.
		We have also granted to all free men of our kingdom, for ourselves and our heirs for ever, all the liberties written below, to be had and held by them and their heirs of us and our heirs.
	www.re-quest.net /g2g/historical/documents/magna-carta (1773 words)

	The Story Of Religious Controversy: Chapter XXVII
		The ablest scholars and the most learned abbots assured it that its authority was higher than that of Popes, and that it must, and could, put an end to the scandals which made Christendom seem to the Mohammedans a religious masquerade.
		Certainly as a body those four hundred prelates and abbots, and their priest and monk retainers, shuddered at the prospect of a return to Christ.
		When a benefice -- the salaried position of priest, chaplain, abbot, bishop, etc. -- fell vacant, the successor of the dead incumbent was to pay three years' revenue to Rome.
	www.infidels.org /library/historical/joseph_mccabe/religious_controversy/chapter_27.html (11207 words)

	Kenyon College - Historical Honors
		In discussing the disputes, Bowman sketches portraits of judges, nobles, abbots, and families, so that the book offers insights about the rough-and-tumble of daily life as well as about social, political, and intellectual trends.
		In his classes, Bowman immerses students in the complexity of historical analysis by having them read sources that are one-sided or incomplete.
		The American Historical Association (AHA) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1884 and incorporated by Congress in 1889 for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical documents and artifacts, and the dissemination of historical research.
	www.kenyon.edu /x23480.xml (339 words)

	The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050
		Equally frequent, however, is evidence of close co-operation between count and viscount on the one hand and bishop and abbot on the other.
		To control their counts the leading weapon available to the Carolingians, besides support for their potential rivals, the abbots and bishops of the local region, was removal from office.
		Without exception those churchmen and abbots who were responsible for the somewhat later revival of monasticism in Catalonia and Pallars and Ribagorça were non-Frankish.
	libro.uca.edu /lewis/sfc4.htm (7560 words)

	Simon Keynes: Anglo-Saxon History: A Select Bibliography, Section Q (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		[Q85] Æthelgar, monk of Abingdon, abbot of the New Minster, Winchester (964-88), bishop of Selsey (980-8), and archbishop of Canterbury (988-90).
		It is always important to view larger historical developments from a variety of 'local' perspectives, whether by means of a regional approach or via the history of a particular religious house (episcopal see, monastery, nunnery, collegiate church, etc.).
		The historical value of this material may be questionable; but their value as evidence for the development of a cult is self-evident.
	www.wmich.edu /medieval/research/rawl/keynesbib/biblioq.htm (8726 words)

	Historical Romance Writers: Book Review
		Phadra Abbot has a big and caring heart; the Phadra Abbots of the word take up the plight of the downtrodden.
		He works for the Bank of England and the Bank of England is Miss Abbot’s legal guardian.
		Phadra Abbot is a delightful heroine -- intelligent, brave, yet vulnerable.
	www.historicalromancewriters.com /review.cfm?bookID=2566 (340 words)

	Historical Documents - The Magna Carta - 1215, The precursor to the U. S. Constitution and Bill of Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		If any from henceforth give his Lands to any Religious House, and thereupon be convict, the Gift shall be utterly void, and the Land shall accrue to the Lord of the Fee.
		[37] Escuage from henceforth shall be taken like as it was wont to be in the time of King HENRY our Grandfather; reserving to all Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Priors, Templers, Hospitallers, Earls, Barons, and all persons, as well Spiritual as Temporal, all their free liberties and free Customs, which they have had in time passed.
		And for this our Gift and Grant of these Liberties, and of other contained in our Charter of Liberties of our Forest, the Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Priors, Earls, Barons, Knights, Freeholders, and other our Subjects, have given unto us the Fifteenth Part of all their Moveables.
	www.historicaldocuments.com /MagnaCarta.htm (2161 words)

	The Magna Carta
		The situation that led King John to sign the Magna Carta (Great Charter) is an interesting piece of historical research, if you're inclined to such pursuits.
		To the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, foresters, sheriffs, prevosts, serving men, and to all his bailiffs and faithful subjects, Greeting.
		First of all have granted to God, and, for us and for our heirs forever, have confirmed, by this our present charter, that the English church shall be free and shall have its rights intact and its liberties uninfringed upon.
	www.thevrwc.org /historical/magnacarta.html (3103 words)

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