TABLE OF CONTENTSPrologue1. On the Kinds of Monks2. What Kind of Man the Abbot Ought to Be3. On Calling the Brethren for Counsel4. What Are the Instruments of Good Works5. On Obedience6. On the Spirit of Silence7. On Humility8. On the Divine Office During the Night9. How Many Psalms Are to Be Said at the Night Office10. How the Night Office Is to Be Said in Summer Time11. How the Night Office Is to Be Said on Sundays12. How the Morning Office Is to Be Said13. How the Morning Office Is to Be Said on Weekdays14. How the Night Office Is to Be Said on the Feasts of the Saints15. At What Times “Alleluia” Is to Be Said16. How the Work of God Is to Be Performed During the Day17. How Many Psalms Are to Be Said at These Hours18. In What Order the Psalms Are to Be Said19. On the Manner of Saying the Divine Office20. On Reverence in Prayer21. On the Deans of the Monastery22. How the Monks Are to Sleep23. On Excommunication for Faults24. What the Measure of Excommunication Should Be25. On Weightier Faults26. On Those Who Without an Order Associate With the Excommunicated27. How Solicitous the Abbot Should Be for the Excommunicated28. On Those Who Will Not Amend After Repeated Corrections29. Whether Brethren Who Leave the Monastery Should Be Received Again30. How Boys Are to Be Corrected31. What Kind of Man the Cellarer of the Monastery Should Be32. On the Tools and Property of the Monastery33. Whether Monks Ought to Have Anything of Their Own34. Whether All Should Receive in Equal Measure What Is Necessary35. On the Weekly Servers in the Kitchen36. On the Sick Brethren37. On Old Men and Children38. On the Weekly Reader39. On the Measure of Food40. On the Measure of Drink41. At What Hours the Meals Should Be Taken42. That No One Speak After Compline43. On Those Who Come Late to the Work of God or to Table44. How the Excommunicated Are to Make Satisfaction45. On Those Who Make Mistakes in the Oratory46. On Those Who Fail in Any Other Matters47. On Giving the Signal for the Time of the Work of God48. On the Daily Manual Labor49. On the Observance of Lent50. On Brethren Who Are Working Far From the Oratory or Are on a Journey51. On Brethren Who Go Not Very Far Away52. On the Oratory of the Monastery53. On the Reception of Guests54. Whether a Monk Should Receive Letters or Anything Else55. On the Clothes and Shoes of the Brethren56. On the Abbot’s Table57. On the Craftsmen of the Monastery58. On the Manner of Receiving Brethren59. On the Sons of Nobles and of the Poor Who Are Offered60. On Priests Who May Wish to Live in the Monastery61. How Pilgrim Monks Are To Be Received62. On the Priests of the Monastery63. On the Order of the Community64. On Constituting an Abbot65. On the Prior of the Monastery66. On the Porters of the Monastery67. On Brethren Who Are Sent on a Journey68. If a Brother Is Commanded to Do Impossible Things69. That the Monks Presume Not to Defend One Another70. That No One Venture to Punish at Random71. That the Brethren Be Obedient to One Another72. On the Good Zeal Which Monks Ought to Have73. On the Fact That the Full Observance of Justice Is Not Established in This RuleST. BENEDICT’SRULE FOR MONASTERIES
ST. BENEDICT’SRULE FOR MONASTERIES
ST. BENEDICT’SRULE FOR MONASTERIES