Monasticism

In this issue of Beacon Lights we will turn our thoughts away from the doctrine of the early New Testament Church and consider instead a practice which was beginning to reveal itself during and especially after the Arian controversy which we have just considered.  Doctrine and practice really are not unrelated realities.  They are very closely related, so that our doctrine determines our practical life, and what we practice reveals what we believe.  And so in this issue we wish to call you...