RB 1980 : The Rule of St. Benedict,9780814612729

RB 1980 : The Rule of St. Benedict

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ISBN13: 9780814612729
ISBN10: 0814612725
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1982-06-01
Publisher(s): INGRAM
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Summary

For fifteen centuries Benedictine monasticism has been governed by a Rule that is at once strong enough to instill order and yet flexible enough to have relevance fifteen hundred years later.

Table of Contents

Preface 9(6)
Chapters of the Rule
Prologue
15(5)
The Kinds of Monks
20(1)
Qualities of the Abbot
21(4)
Summoning the Brothers for Counsel
25(1)
The Tools for Good Works
26(3)
Obedience
29(2)
Restraint of Speech
31(1)
Humility
32(6)
The Divine Office at Night
38(1)
The Number of Psalms at the Night Office
39(1)
The Arrangement of the Night Office in the Summer
40(1)
The Celebration of Vigils on Sunday
40(1)
The Celebration of the Solemnity of Lands
41(1)
The Celebration of Lauds on Ordinary Days
42(1)
The Celebration of the Vigils on the Anniversaries of Saints
43(1)
The Times for Saying Alleluia
43(1)
The Celebration of the Divine Office during the Day
44(1)
The Number of Psalms to Be Sung at These Hours
44(1)
The Order of the Psalmody
45(2)
The Discipline of Psalmody
47(1)
Reverence in Prayer
48(1)
The Deans of the Monastery
48(1)
The Sleeping Arrangements of the Monks
49(1)
Excommunication for Faults
49(1)
Degrees of Excommunication
50(1)
Serious Fault
51(1)
Unauthorized Association with the Excommunicated
51(1)
The Abbot's Concern for the Excommunicated
51(1)
Those Who Refuse to Amend after Frequent Reproofs
52(1)
Readmission of Brothers Who Leave the Monastery
53(1)
The Manner of Reproving Boys
54(1)
Qualifications of the Monastery Cellarer
54(1)
The Tools and Goods of the Monastery
55(1)
Monks and Private Ownership
56(1)
Distribution of Goods According to Need
57(1)
Kitchen Servers of the Week
57(2)
The Sick Brothers
59(1)
The Elderly and Children
59(1)
The Reader for the Week
60(1)
The Proper Amount of Food
61(1)
The Proper Amount of Drink
62(1)
The Times for the Brothers' Meals
63(1)
Silence after Compline
64(1)
Tradiness at the Work of God or at Table
65(1)
Satisfaction by the Excommunicated
66(1)
Mistakes in the Oratory
67(1)
Faults Committed in Other Matters
68(1)
Announcing the Hours for the Work of God
68(1)
The Daily Manual Labor
69(2)
The Observance of Lent
71(1)
Brothers Working at a Distance or Traveling
72(1)
Brothers on a Short Journey
72(1)
The Oratory of the Monastery
72(1)
The Reception of Guests
73(2)
Letters or Gifts for Monks
75(1)
The Clothing and Footwear of the Brothers
75(2)
The Abbot's Table
77(1)
The Artisans of the Monastery
77(1)
The Procedure for Receiving Brothers
78(3)
The Offering of Sons by Nobles or by the Poor
81(1)
The Admission of Priests to the Monastery
82(1)
The Reception of Visiting Monks
82(2)
The Priests of the Monastery
84(1)
Community Rank
85(1)
The Election of an Abbot
86(2)
The Prior of the Monastery
88(2)
The Porter of the Monastery
90(1)
Brothers Sent on a Journey
91(1)
Assignment of Impossible Tasks to a Brother
92(1)
The Presumption of Defending Another in the Monastery
92(1)
The Presumption of Striking Another Monk at Will
93(1)
Mutual Obedience
93(1)
The Good Zeal of Monks
94(1)
This Rule Only a Beginning of Prefection
95

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