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Who do historians identify as the father of communal monasticism?
Athanasius
Antony of Coma
Benedict of Nursia
Pachomius
Licinius
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Pachomius.
He is credited with founding cenobitic (communal) monasticism in 4th-century Egypt, organizing monks into rule-governed communities. (Antony is associated with eremitic/anchoritic monasticism.)
He is credited with founding cenobitic (communal) monasticism in 4th-century Egypt, organizing monks into rule-governed communities. (Antony is associated with eremitic/anchoritic monasticism.)
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