New Monasticism

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John the Baptizer was definitely NOT a monk. He was a prophet just like Elijah, and he never taught monasticism or celibacy or any such thing. Monasticism is certainly not a New Testament teaching, and all the apostles were married (Paul may have been a widower).

As to what is happening today is that we live in a time of great apostasy, where Roman Catholicism (which has another Gospel) is being accepted more and more by non-Catholics, and mysticism, monasticism, and all kinds of other nonsense is being promoted to the detriment of true Bible Christianity.

This thread has been dormant for more than 2 years. You dug it up to say this?!
All the Apostles were married? That is a pretty strong claim to make considering there is only mention of Peter's mother in law and what I think is a single comment Paul makes.
John the Forerunner was unmarried, celibate and lived as an ascetic in the wilderness with a small group of disciples. He is the prototype of Eastern Orthodox monastics. He didn't teach monasticism, he lived it.

 

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To say John the Baptist was a monastic because he lived a good distance outside the city with some followers is not on real firm ground, but it is possible, maybe we will get the chance to ask him someday. Monasticism had/has a role in the church today as a place of prayer, solitude and study. However, it has been unpopular within the protestant faiths. Their are a few Lutheran monastic communities in Europe and one that I know of here in the US, if you consider the Anglicans as protestant there are a good number spread around the world (including one here in the US that is Co-ed) It is hard to follow the great commission locked behind the walls of a cloister, however, it is comforting to me that there are people that continually pray for the salvation of the word. Providing they do not become corrupt as in Luther's day.