Pachomian Rule

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The Pachomian Rule is one of the earliest formal sets of regulations for Christian communal monastic life, established in the 4th century and influential in shaping later monastic traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf late antique text
monastic rule
appliesTo cenobitic monasticism
communal monastic life
approximateDate c. 320–346
associatedWith Pachomius the Great NERFINISHED
authorAttribution Pachomius the Great NERFINISHED
componentOf Pachomian monastic tradition NERFINISHED
corePrinciple asceticism
community of goods
obedience
stability in the monastery
denominationalContext early Christian monasticism
geographicSphereOfInfluence Eastern Mediterranean monasticism
Egyptian monasticism
historicalSignificance model for organized cenobitic communities
one of the earliest formal rules for Christian communal monastic life
inception 4th century
influenced Rule of Basil NERFINISHED
Rule of Benedict NERFINISHED
later Eastern Christian monastic rules
later Western Christian monastic rules
language Coptic
Greek
Latin (later translations)
originEmpire Roman Empire GENERATED
originPlace Upper Egypt NERFINISHED
originRegion Egypt NERFINISHED
preservedIn Coptic manuscripts
Greek translations
Latin translations
regulates admission of new members
common property
daily life of monks
discipline and penalties
fasting and diet
obedience to superiors
prayer schedule
silence and speech
work and manual labor
relatedConcept cenobitic rule
eremitic monasticism (by contrast)
religiousTradition Christianity
timePeriod Late Antiquity
usedBy Pachomian monasteries NERFINISHED
coenobitic communities along the Nile

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Pachomius the Great knownFor Pachomian Rule