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40: 1619:(759-826), the Studium became a centre of learning as well as piety, and brought to a culmination the glory of the order. On the other hand, the very glamour of the new "Studites" gradually cast into the shade the old Acoemetae. The feature that distinguished the Acoemetae from the other Basilian monks was the uninterrupted service of God. Their monasteries, which numbered hundreds of inmates and sometimes went into the thousand, were distributed in national groups, 1914: 1865: 1724: 1708:, says a contemporary document), and it could not seriously detract from the praise given their order by the Roman Synod of 484: "Thanks to your true piety towards God, to your zeal ever on the watch, and to a special gift of the Holy Ghost, you discern the just from the impious, the faithful from the miscreants, the Catholics from the heretics." The Studites supported the Holy See in the schism of 1492:(Greek or Basilian) monks who celebrated the divine service without intermission day or night. This was done by dividing the communities into choirs, which relieved each other by turn in the church. The alternating choirs came in three groups by liturgical language: Greek, Latin, and probably Syriac. 1647:
passed into the Western Church under the equivalent names of prime, tierce, sext, none, vespers, compline, matins (nocturns) and lauds. The influence of the Acoemetae on Christian life was considerable. The splendour of their religious services largely contributed to shape the liturgy, but their
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library and overall culture might have had an even bigger influence. Even before the time of the Studites, the copying of manuscripts was in honour among the Acoemetae, and the library of the "Great Monastery," consulted even by the Roman
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in c. 460. Marcellus provided the first monks for the Studium in 463. The Studium was put in the hands of the Acoemetae and became their chief house, so that they were sometimes called
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which he had reared in the city, and thrown with his monks on the hospitality of Hypatius, abbot of
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tendencies. Consequentially, their loyalty to Rome was marred, and they were excommunicated by
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Autocephaly and canonicity recognized by Constantinople and 3 other autocephalous Churches:
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to the desert, both from love of solitude and fear of episcopal honours. The first
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controversies of the 5th and 6th centuries; first those raised by Nestorius and
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Alexander's successor, Abbot John, founded on the eastern shore of the
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Gribmont, J. (2014). "Acoemetae". In Di Berardino, Angelo (ed.).
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Spiritual independence recognized by Georgian Orthodox Church:
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Autocephalous Churches who are officially part of the communion:
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The Constantinopolitan Acoemetae took a prominent part in the
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With them the divine office was the literal carrying out of
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The Acoemetae order was founded in about 425, by the monk
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Christian religious orders established in the 5th century
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Autocephaly recognized by some autocephalous Churches
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