Augustinians
Augustine's monastic followers
Augustinians are members of Roman Catholic religious orders following the Rule of Saint Augustine, a guide for communal religious life attributed to the 4th-century theologian.
The term covers several distinct orders, including the Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinian friars) and the Augustinian Canons.
The Augustinians established missions throughout colonial Latin America.
Divinely predetermined fate
- original sinInherited spiritual corruption
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
- ConfessionsTitled personal revelations
ecclesiology · illumination · interiority · restless heart · caritas
Act of changing states
- ConfessionsTitled personal revelations
- MonicaFemale given name
- AmbroseName meaning deathless
- CarthagePhoenician colony that challenged Rome
Manichaean · rhetoric · bishop
Monastic house of worship
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
- refectoryInstitutional dining room
vespers · liturgy · lauds · matins · compline · nones · sext · prime
Sustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- interiorityQuality of inner life
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- pietySincere religious devotion
devotion · prayer · sanctity · humility · mysticism · restless heart · caritas · community
Mendicant religious order members
- habitSettled regular tendency
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- prioryLesser monastic house
- novitiateReligious training period
prior · provincial · chapter · charism · community · apostolate · mendicants · Dominicans
predestination
Divinely predetermined fate
- original sinInherited spiritual corruption
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
Confessions · ecclesiology · illumination · interiority · restless heart · caritas
conversion
Act of changing states
- ConfessionsTitled personal revelations
- MonicaFemale given name
- AmbroseName meaning deathless
Carthage · Manichaean · rhetoric · bishop
abbey
Monastic house of worship
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
refectory · vespers · liturgy · lauds · matins · compline · nones · sext · prime · choir
contemplation
Sustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- interiorityQuality of inner life
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
piety · devotion · prayer · sanctity · humility · mysticism · restless heart · caritas · community · common life
friars
Mendicant religious order members
novitiate · prior · provincial · chapter · charism · community · apostolate · mendicants · Dominicans · Franciscans
AugustiniansFranciscans
Catholic mendicant religious order
Dominicans · Carmelites · Jesuits · Benedictines · Trappists