RB 1980 : The Rule of St. Benedict

by Fry, Timothy

• ISBN13: 9780814612729
• ISBN10: 0814612725
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1982-06-01
• Publisher: INGRAM

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