Sentences with phrase «century monk»

St. Mark, the fifth century monk says, «He who wants to cross the spiritual sea is long - suffering, humble, vigilant and self - controlled.»

Shantideva, an 8th century monk said, «If a problem can be solved why worry, If a problem can't be solved, then what use is it worrying?»

In «Jesus of Nazareth - The Infancy Narratives,» the pope says the Christian calendar is actually based on a blunder by a 6th century monk, who Benedict says was several years off in his calculation of Jesus» birth date.

Maximus» has given the Ecclesiastical hierarchy a new significance by fusing the Dionysian vision with the stages of the spiritual life described in the works of the fourth century monk, Evagrius Ponticus.

According to legend, the 17th century monks of Neudeck ob der Au outside Munich, Germany, developed the rich - and - malty beer to sustain them during Lenten fasts, the traditional 46 - day lead - up to Easter.

In the book, the pope claims the Christian calendar is based on a mistake by a sixth century monk, who was several years off in his calculation of Jesus's birth date.

In fact, as Luther insisted, Dionysius was a fifth century monk who hailed from Syria, the world capital of docetism and monophysitism.

Charles walked through the 14th Century Monks» Dormitory, beamed with 21 oaks, and which would once have accommodated 40 monks.

The new champion is a so - called Mersenne prime, named after the 17th - century monk Marin Mersenne who formulated a famous but incorrect conjecture about these numbers.

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Before The Long March she wrote Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud in which she follows in the footsteps of seventh century monk Xuanzang, who set out from China for India in search of Buddhist scriptures.

Christian Maronites (an Eastern Catholic Church that traces its heritage to St Maron, a 5th century monk) represented the majority of the population, but there were also significant populations of Muslims and Druzes.

Here you can discover modern buildings, a 9th - century monk school, and the history of the area at the Archaeological Museum.

The last are probably the most relevant to the new paintings, since they evince the love of vintage books that led Polke to his inspiration: a treatise on optics by a 17th - century monk named Johann Zahn.

In «Jesus of Nazareth — The Infancy Narratives,» the pope says the Christian calendar is actually based on a blunder by a 6th century monk, who Benedict says was several years off in his calculation of Jesus» birth date.

Did the meteoroid that crashed into the backside of the moon, leaving behind a 22 - kilometer - wide crater named Giordano Bruno, cause the peculiar fountain of moonlight reported by a 12th century monk, as some researchers claim?

In the fourth century monks were becoming active in the spread of the Christian faith.

It almost seems as if the fifth - century monk, Pelagius, had come back to life.

I'm describing not fourth - century monks, but present - day communities of Christians who think the church in the United States has too easily accommodated itself to the consumerist and imperialist values of the culture.