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A 7 page paper which surveys the history of Carmelite spirituality, with emphasis on the Teresian sect, and also examines its particular charism. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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They began with a hermitic group that renounced all material goods in order to communicate more intimately with God and to strictly follow His example. Settling in Israels Mount
Carmel during the late twelfth century, the earliest Carmelites are believed to have been Western Europeans who had been active participants in the Crusades (Visser 216). The essence of
their spirituality - then and now - is the Carmelite Rule (1206), the doctrine that continues to define and inspire the order (Egan 59). This rule was received not
from the Pope but from the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Albert, as a vitae formulam or formula of life (Egan 51). The Carmelites were ascetic, and focused on a life of
prayer (usually represented by the Psalms), silence, communities of solitude, and penance as they embraced a special relationship with Jesus Christ (Egan 51). The earliest Carmelites lived in great
poverty in small cells or enclaves usually situated around a chapel (Egan 51). Forsaking property, the Carmelite brothers never strayed far from their respective cells, and their spiritual lives
consisted largely of meditation and prayer (Egan 51). If there happened to be a priest nearby, there would be gathering each day for the Eucharist (Egan 51). The
earliest Carmelite brothers were not involved in ministering to the public (Egan 51). They lived in total obscurity, and according to Carmelite scholar Victor Roefs, "The glory of the
Carmelite order is its striking anonymity" (Egan 51). Because there was no founding father that defined their approach to spirituality (like a Benedict or a Dominic or Francis), the
early Carmelites were more about uncompromising beliefs than they were about individuals or names, and the original Carmelites remain unknown (Egan 50). Because they lacked a charismatic leader, the
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