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The Book of the First Monks ((ラテン語:Decem Libri – Liber de Institutione Primorum Monacharum))〔(The Order's History of Discalced Carmelites )〕 is a medieval Catholic book in the contemplative and eremetic tradition of the Carmelite Order, thought to reflect the spirituality of the Prophet Elijah, honored as the Father of the Order. It is one of the most important documents of the Order because it influenced many of the Carmelite Saints according to the spirituality of the first Carmelite hermits. Some medieval Carmelites thought it antedated the Carmelite Rule of St. Albert, although this is disputed due to a lack of evidence. It is this dispute that has caused this manuscript to be questioned today. The original charism of the Carmelite hermits, which still animates the spirituality of many contemporary Carmelites and the cloistered contemplative life of other hermits, monks, and nuns, was in imitation of the Prophet Elijah. Carmelite tradition relates that Elijah inspired the early hermits who settled near the spring on Mount Carmel, Palestine which bear's Elijah's name. Most often quoted from the "Book of the First Monks" is the following passage in which Elijah is named as the spiritual father of the Order:
The book also gives one of the oldest explanations of the Carmelite habit and what each part of the habit signified. Exemplars of the contemplative and mystical spirituality described in the book include the Discalced Carmelite Sts. Teresa of Jesus, John of the Cross, Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, and Teresia Benedicta a Cruce, and also the Polish Catholic layman Jan Tyranowski who guided Pope John Paul II in his young adulthood. == See also == *Carmelite Rule of St. Albert *Constitutions of the Carmelite Order *Byzantine Discalced Carmelites *Carmelite Rite 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Book of the First Monks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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