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116:Monasticism
109:Monasticism
85:Neoplatonic
75:Hellenistic
1602:Categories
1531:References
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1335:cloistered
1305:seminaries
1265:devotional
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1106:Philokalia
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285:Esoteric
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203:Quietism
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126:Silence
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