The Empire of the Tsars And the Russians
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They would be afraid, by so doing, of violating the ancient spirit of the institution and of leading the monks into the temptation of tak- ing too great and independent a part in the struggles and affairs of secular life, like their Western brethren. Ascetics vowed to contemplation or to the routine of traditional rites are, on the whole, considered preferable to the militant orders, the active and stirring congregations of the Roman Church. The reason why the entire suppression of monasteries ...is advocated by so few Rus- 2l6 THE EMPIRE OF THE TSARS AND THE RUSSIANS.
sians is, as I was told by one, that the spirit of asceticism is still too much alive among the lower classes for the people to do with- out any monks at all. "If we closed our "monasteries," my informant said to me, " it would be at the risk of giving rise to numbers of clandestine skits [hermit communities]. Now, con- vents controlled by the State are a degree better than occult moflachism." Hence, in many convents, the monks' only office appears to be that of keepers of relics, eikons, and treasures, and of collectors of alms.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
They would be afraid, by so doing, of violating the ancient spirit of the institution and of leading the monks into the temptation of tak- ing too great and independent a part in the struggles and affairs of secular life, like their Western brethren. Ascetics vowed to contemplation or to the routine of traditional rites are, on the whole, considered preferable to the militant orders, the active and stirring congregations of the Roman Church. The reason why the entire suppression of monasteries ...is advocated by so few Rus- 2l6 THE EMPIRE OF THE TSARS AND THE RUSSIANS.
sians is, as I was told by one, that the spirit of asceticism is still too much alive among the lower classes for the people to do with- out any monks at all. "If we closed our "monasteries," my informant said to me, " it would be at the risk of giving rise to numbers of clandestine skits [hermit communities]. Now, con- vents controlled by the State are a degree better than occult moflachism." Hence, in many convents, the monks' only office appears to be that of keepers of relics, eikons, and treasures, and of collectors of alms.
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