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What is the name for a new monk or a monk?
The name for a new monk is a novice. For the men who are discerning and who live in the community, they are called postulants.
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Were christian monks the first monks?
In that the CHristian religion is only 2000 years old and many religions are much older there are many others that have monks. The term monks is pretty much undefined. If you take it that monks are a...
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Why were benedictine monks called black monks?
Benedictines were called Black Monks after the clothing they wore - their habits were made of black material (see Norman Cantor "Medieval History" 2nd edition pg 165.)
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Who is a monk and what religion are Buddhist monk?
(in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, esp. as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity,...
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Can monks stop being monks?
I can speak for other religions but as for Buddhism a Monk a can leave at any time. Buddhism is about personnel growth and development. If a Monk or Nun feels that they have attained enough wisdom...