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100 0 _aBenedict,
_c Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino.
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245 1 4 _aThe rule of St. Benedict /
_c translated, with introd. and notes by Anthony C. Meisel and M. L. del Mastro.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aGarden City, N.Y. :
_b Image Books,
_c 1975.
300 _a117 p. ;
_c 18 cm.
490 0 _aAn Image book original
500 _aTranslation of Regula.
504 _aBibliography: p. 116-117.
505 0 _aAcknowledgments -- 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
520 3 _aSince 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.
610 2 0 _aBenedictines
_v Rules.
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700 1 _aMeisel, Anthony C.,
_d 1943-
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700 1 _aDel Mastro, M. L.
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