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Beer was originally a rather cheap meal, considered a kind of liquid bread suitable for both monks and laymen.
The Trappist order is officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae, abbreviated as OCSO), but was originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe.
It is a Catholic religious order of cloistered, contemplative monks and nuns that branched off from the Cistercian Order —which, in turn, branched off from the Benedictines. They take their name from La Trappe Abbey (also known as La Grande Trappe), the French monastery where the reform movement began, led by commendatory abbot Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé back in 1664.
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https://aleteia.org/2021/10/08/liquid-bread-an-introduction-to-monk-made-beer/
The Trappist order is officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae, abbreviated as OCSO), but was originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe.
It is a Catholic religious order of cloistered, contemplative monks and nuns that branched off from the Cistercian Order —which, in turn, branched off from the Benedictines. They take their name from La Trappe Abbey (also known as La Grande Trappe), the French monastery where the reform movement began, led by commendatory abbot Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé back in 1664.
Continued below.
https://aleteia.org/2021/10/08/liquid-bread-an-introduction-to-monk-made-beer/