Nuns were secluded to avoid scandals in early Christian monastic communities
- Written by Alison I. Beach, Associate Professor of History, The Ohio State University
Margareta, head of the women's community at Lippoldsberg (in modern-day Germany) clasps hands with an Augustinian monk as he hands her a book.Lippoldsberg Evangeliary. Kassel, Landesbibliothek, MS theol. 2o 59, f. 73v.Pope Francis recently stated that Catholic nuns in various parts of the world, including Africa, Europe, India and Latin America,...
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