Tbew
Tbew (also spelled Thbew, Tbewe, or Tbow) was an Egyptian Coptic Orthodox monastery that was established in the mid fourth-century.[1]
History[edit]
Egypt is known as the birthplace of Christian cenobitic monasticism.[1][2] Tbew was founded by Petronius, a wealthy Christian and fourth-century monk who briefly succeeded Saint Pachomius as leader of the Koinonia.[3] Petronius is also revered as a saint in the Coptic Church.[3] Tbew would be the seventh monastery to join Pachomius' community of monks (known as the Koinonia).[4] Pachomian monasteries are widely considered to be the first Christian monasteries which regulated the behavior, prayer, and daily lives of its monks.[1] Tbew was the last of the five core monasteries to join the Koinonia along the Nile.[4]
Petronius first gathered men on his family's estate who wanted to spend their lives worshiping Christ.[2] After doing so, Petronius went to Pachomius about turning his estate into a monastery after hearing of Koinonia. The rules at the Pachomian monasteries, including Tbew, were influential on the history of Christian monasticism.[1] The rules were adapted by the anonymous author of the Rule of the Master and influenced the Benedictine Rule.[1]
Archaeology[edit]
Although not much is known about the architecture of the monastery, historians hypothesized that it was located within a fertile valley.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Harmless, William (2004). Desert Christians : an introduction to the literature of early monasticism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-803674-6. OCLC 318458883.
- ^ a b c Goehring, James E. (1999). Ascetics, society, and the desert : studies in early Egyptian monasticism. Harrisburg, PA. ISBN 1-56338-269-5. OCLC 40907656.
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- ^ a b Brooks Hedstrom, Darlene L. (2017). The monastic landscape of late antique Egypt : an archaeological reconstruction. Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-1-107-16181-8. OCLC 974865692.
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