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The exact time and place at which St. Benedict wrote his Rule are not known, nor can it be determined whether the Rule, as we now possess it, was composed as a single whole or whether it gradually took shape in response to the needs of his monks.
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www.newadvent.org/cathen/02436a.htm
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1. Before studying St. Benedict's Rule it is necessary to point out that it is written for laymen, not for clerics. ... "We have written this Rule", writes St. Benedict, "that by observing it in monasteries, we may shew ourselves to have some degree of goodness in life and a beginning of holiness.
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www.newadvent.org/cathen/02467b.htm
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Rule of Saint Benedict - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Rule of Saint Benedict ( Regula Benedicti ) is a book of precepts written by St. Benedict of Nursia for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot. Since about the 7th century it ...
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The Rule of St. Benedict, composed in Italy about 530 but based on earlier compilations came to define the cenobitic type monastic life that came to be accepted throughout the West. Here are presented extended excerpts ... But a third very bad kind of monks are the sarabaites, approved by no rule,
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www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/rul-benedict.html
www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/rul-benedict.html
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The Rule of St. Benedict, composed in Italy about 530 but based on earlier compilations, came to define the cenobitic type monastic life that came to be accepted throughout the West. ... 1. What sort of life do the monks lead? Why does Benedict intend it to be this way? 2. Why does Benedict think his way of life is the...
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www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/rul-benedict-excerp.html
www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/rul-benedict-excerp.html
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The author, with characteristic self-effacement, called it "a little rule for beginners." Written in the sixth century for a collection of serfs, scholars, shepherds, and wealthy scions of nobility — a motley group of would-be monastics, the Rule of St. Benedict survives today as a masterpiece of spiritual wisdom.
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www.thedome.org/AboutUs/rule.html
www.thedome.org/AboutUs/rule.html
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Welcome to the Monastery of Christ in the Desert ... Abbot's and Cellarer's Pages ... Saint Benedict...
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But a third and most vile class of monks is that of Sarabaites, who have been tried by no rule under the hand of a master, as gold is tried in the fire (cf Prov 27:21); but, soft as lead, and still keeping faith with the world by their works, they are known to belie God by their tonsure.
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www.ccel.org/ccel/benedict/rule2/files/rule2.html
www.ccel.org/ccel/benedict/rule2/files/rule2.html
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Read The Holy Rule of St. Benedict with beautifully illustrated, rare Catholic works of art. The sacred maxims of St. Benedict's Holy Rule are intended to lead ones soul more quickly on the path of perfection and ultimately to its heavenly home. ... ~ Monastic Rule ~; The Holy Rule of St. Benedict...
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www.holyrule.com/
www.holyrule.com/
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