The Monastic Rules

by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo; Lawless, George; Agatha Mary, Sister; Ramsey, Boniface; Bonner, Gerald

• ISBN13: 9781565481305
• ISBN10: 1565481305
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: New City Pr

Summary

The four documents that make up the Rule of Saint Augustine, with two introductory essays.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
The Rule of Saint Augustine	p. 10
Three Treatises: Work, Marriage, Virginity	p. 14
Epistles	p. 16
Sermons to the People: the Life of Clerics	p. 17
Expositions of the Psalms	p. 18
Background of Augustine's Rules	p. 22
The Author of the Rules	p. 23
The Ordo Monasterii	p. 33
The Regularis Informatio	p. 37
Conclusions	p. 44
The Spirit of the Rule	p. 50
Major Influences on Augustine's Monasticism	p. 51
The Praeceptum (Rule for Men)	p. 54
Food	p. 71
Clothing	p. 73
Leaving the Monastery	p. 75
Communal labor	p. 80
Bodily Care	p. 83
Grumbling	p. 86
Other Themes	p. 91
Augustinian Monasticism: Epilogue	p. 93
The Ordo Monasterii	p. 106
The Praeceptum	p. 110
Letter 210 (Bonus est dominus)	p. 123
The Obiurgatio	p. 127
The Regularis Informatio	p. 132
Bibliography	p. 147
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