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The rule of St. Benedict / translated, with introd. and notes by Anthony C. Meisel and M. L. del Mastro.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: An Image book originalPublication details: Garden City, N.Y. : Image Books, 1975.Edition: 1st edDescription: 117 p. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 0385009488
  • 9780385009485
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 255.106   22
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Editors' Note Scriptural References -- Prologue -- the Different Kinds of Monks and Their Customs -- the Qualities of the Abbot -- the Counsel of the Brothers -- the Instruments of Good Works -- Obedience -- Silence -- Humility -- How the Night Office is to Be Said in Summer -- How Many Psalms Are to Be Said in the Night Office -- How the Monks Are to Sleep -- Excommunication for Faults -- the Measure of Excommunication -- Grave Faults -- the Abbot's Care of the Excommunicated -- Those Who Meet with the Excommunicated Without Leave of the Abbot -- Private Ownership by Monks -- the Apportionment of Necessities -- Weekly Kitchen Service -- Sick Brothers -- Old Men and Children -- the Weekly Reader -- the Weekly Reader -- Dining Hours -- Drink Apportionment -- Dining Hours -- Late-Comers to the Divine Office and Meals -- How the Excommunicated Are to Make Satisfaction -- Mistakes in the Oratory -- Offenses in Other Matters -- Sounding the Hours of the Divine Office
Abstract: Since the 6th century, this has been one of the most influential documents of Western thought and civilization. Full of plain wisdom, the words of St. Benedict are a guide for work, prayer, study, and community life.
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Translation of Regula.

Bibliography: p. 116-117.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Editors' Note Scriptural References -- Prologue -- the Different Kinds of Monks and Their Customs -- the Qualities of the Abbot -- the Counsel of the Brothers -- the Instruments of Good Works -- Obedience -- Silence -- Humility -- How the Night Office is to Be Said in Summer -- How Many Psalms Are to Be Said in the Night Office -- How the Monks Are to Sleep -- Excommunication for Faults -- the Measure of Excommunication -- Grave Faults -- the Abbot's Care of the Excommunicated -- Those Who Meet with the Excommunicated Without Leave of the Abbot -- Private Ownership by Monks -- the Apportionment of Necessities -- Weekly Kitchen Service -- Sick Brothers -- Old Men and Children -- the Weekly Reader -- the Weekly Reader -- Dining Hours -- Drink Apportionment -- Dining Hours -- Late-Comers to the Divine Office and Meals -- How the Excommunicated Are to Make Satisfaction -- Mistakes in the Oratory -- Offenses in Other Matters -- Sounding the Hours of the Divine Office

Since the 6th century, this has been one of the most influential documents of Western thought and civilization. Full of plain wisdom, the words of St. Benedict are a guide for work, prayer, study, and community life.

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