1. Religious Orders And Communities.
... throughout Christendom renounced property and established quasi-monastic groups which formed the basis of the order of Augustinian Canons. By the middle of the 12th century almost all of these bodies had adopted the Rule of St Augustine. Their rule was officially endorsed by the fourth Lateran Council in 1215. The Augustinian Hermits, or Austin Friars, are an entirely different group ... than once. One reformed congregation of Augustinians in Germany numbered among its members Martin Luther, who later castigated the order. The dissolution of the monasteries in England by Henry VIII inc...
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