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	OSB. About the Rule of Saint Benedict by Abbot Primate Jerome Theisen OSB.
		Benedict, the founder of the monastery of Monte Cassino, though the historical evidence does not allow a conclusive proof of authorship.
		Benedict picked up the monastic tradition and even copied from its documents (as was customary at the time); but he also corrected and altered the tradition in significant ways.
		Benedict writes with crispness and directness; seldom is he profuse or homiletic.
	www.osb.org /gen/rule.html (1136 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rule of St. Benedict
		Chapter 2 describes the necessary qualifications of an abbot and forbids him to make distinction of persons in the monastery except for particular merit, warning him at the same time that he will be answerable for the salvation of the souls committed to his care.
		Chapter 22 regulates all matters relating to the dormitory, as, for example, that each monk is to have a separate bed and is to sleep in his habit, so as to be ready to rise without delay, and that a light shall burn in the dormitory throughout the night.
		Chapter 23-30 deal with offences against the Rule and a graduated scale of penalties is provided: first, private admonition; next, public reproof; then separation from the brethren at meals and elsewhere; then scourging; and finally expulsion; though this last is not to be resorted to until every effort to reclaim the offender has failed.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02436a.htm (4275 words)

	::: St Gregory's Abbey ::: The Rule of St. Benedict as a guide to Catholicity
		The Rule of St. Benedict is an important document in the Catholic tradition of Christianity, a document that informs a communal tradition that remains alive today.
		Moreover, St. Benedict requires that the abbot show a similar respect and obedience to his monks by "distrusting his own frailty" and pruning the faults of the monks with "prudence and love as he sees best for each individual." (RB 64:13-14) In short, everybody is to be treated as Christ.
		Benedict reminds the abbot to act in the spirit of the parable of the lost sheep.
	www.saintgregorysthreerivers.org /guide.html (2484 words)

	Insights for the Ages
		Benedict argues that the third rung on the ladder of humility is the ability to submit ourselves to the wisdom of another.
		Benedict's instruction, centuries before an entire body of research arose to confirm it, is that we must cease to wear our masks, stop pretending to be perfect and accept the graces of growth that can come to us from the wise and gentle hearts of people of quality around us.
		Benedict tells us that it is bad for the soul to have to have more than the necessary, that it gluts us, that it protects us in plexiglass from the normal, the natural.
	www.eriebenedictines.org /Pages/INSPIRATION/insights.html (3287 words)

	St. Benedict of Nursia Saint
		Benedict of Nursia is built according to the tradition on the ruins of the native house of the St. Benedict.
		The outside of the church of St. Benedict of Nursia presents its original structure only in one part of the façade, characterized by an elaborated rose and a beautiful ogival portal.
		Benedict of Nurcia, according to tradition, was born in Nursia around 480 after Christ.
	www.bellaumbria.net /Norcia/st_benedict.htm (269 words)

	Friends of Saint Benedict - Homepage
		The Rule of St. Benedict is a timeless document -- in so many ways as fresh and relevant as it was when it was written almost fifteen hundred years ago.
		The Friends of St. Benedict offers programs and resources (The Benedictine Way and The Reading Room) to individuals and groups seeking to apply the Rule of St Benedict to their daily lives.
		Drawing licensed exclusively for use by the Friends of St. Benedict, a tax exempt organization under section 501(c)3 as a public charity under section 509(c)4.
	www.benedictfriend.org (221 words)

	The Rule of St. Benedict
		Let their natural weakness be always taken into account and let the strictness of the Rule not be kept with them in respect to food, but let there be a tender regard in their behalf and let them eat before regular hours.
		If he promiseth to remain steadfast, let this Rule be read to him in order after the lapse of two months, and let it be said to him: Behold the law under which thou desirest to combat.
		In the election of an Abbot let this always be observed as a rule, that he be placed in the position whom the whole community with one consent, in the fear of God, or even a small part, with sounder judgment, shall elect.
	www.kansasmonks.org /RuleOfStBenedict.html (16340 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: The Rule of St. Benedict, c.530
		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.
		Then the second kind is that of the anchorites; that is, the hermits-those who, not by the new fervour of a conversion but by the long probation of life in a monastery, have learned to fight against the devil, having already been taught by the solace of many.
		But a third very bad kind of monks are the sarabaites, approved by no rule, experience being their teacher, as with the gold which is tried in the furnace.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/rul-benedict.html (3282 words)

	The Rule of St. Benedict
		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.
		For Benedict, a spiritual pathway was not one to be littered with weird and unusual practices; rather, all that is needed is to be faithful to finding God in the ordinary circumstances of daily life.
		Benedict's genius was to understand that each person's rough edges—all the defenses and pretensions and blind spots that keep the monastic from growing spiritually—are best confronted by living side by side with other flawed human beings whose faults and failings are only too obvious.
	www.thedome.org /AboutUs/rule.html (1418 words)

	St. Scholastica Monastery - Mission & Values (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Written by St. Benedict in the sixth century, the Rule is a practical and spiritual guide to living a life for God and others according to Gospel teaching.
		The Rule of St. Benedict answers the question "how ought we to live?" It challenges us to listen to the voice of God in Scripture, in the voice of the prioress, in each other, in all the circumstances of ordinary life.
		Scholastica, patroness of the Duluth Benedictines, was the twin sister of St. Benedict.
	www.duluthbenedictines.org /mission_ruleofstbenedict.cfm (634 words)

	Applying St. Benedict's Rule to Fatherhood
		Benedict's rule has survived because he had a deep understanding of human psychology, he tempered discipline with compassion and he saw the spiritual quest as a joyful pursuit of God within the structures of ordinary life.
		Benedict tells his monks, for instance, not to sleep with their swords on, and gives them specific dietary and clothing rules.
		For both St. Benedict and St. Thérèse, "God is not elsewhere." They believe God is present in the joys and sorrows of our everyday lives, and the spiritual quest is the quest to see God's mighty hand in all his works — especially in the little things of life.
	www.ewtn.com /library/FATHERS/ZBENEDCT.HTM (1653 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Rule of St.Benedict: Books: St.Benedict (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Benedict's Rule was set out first in a world that was torn with warfare, economic and political upheaval, and a generally harsh physical environment.
		Benedict's establishment of a monastery was in fact the establishment of a school for spirituality.
		Benedict is especially mindful of the sin of pride, be it pride of possession, pride of person, pride of place -- he strives for equality in the community (as a recognition that all are equal before God).
	www.amazon.co.uk /Rule-St-Benedict/dp/0814612725 (944 words)

	Friends of Saint Benedict - The Rule of St. Benedict (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Rule of Benedict (RB) constitutes the basic guide for thousands of Christians who are committed to the monastic movement.
		Written in the sixth century the Rule was followed in thousands of monasteries in Europe, so much so that the Church of the early Middle Ages, beginning especially in the ninth century, was characterized as monastic.
		Drawing licensed exclusively for use by the Friends of St. Benedict, a tax exempt organization under section 501(c)3 as a public charity under section 509(c)4.
	www.benedictfriend.org /TheRule.html (157 words)

	Comparison of Rules
		The Rule given to the Templars had as a model the Rule of St. Benedict, influenced greatly by the reformed Cistercian version, and from this base developed their own distinct code of military, spiritual, and everyday life.
		Leadership in both the Rule of St. Benedict (hereafter RB) and the Rule of the Templars (hereafter RT) is exercised by the Abbot and the Master respectively.
		Benedict believes the position is inferior to a group of deans, who have equal authority, and is more susceptible to corruption and pride.(34) However, the option is open to the Abbot if he wants a single assistant to manage select tasks.
	www.veling.nl /anne/templars/comprule.html (4045 words)

	Rule of St. Benedict
		Benedict (Benedict of Nursia, 480-547 A.D.) is a tremendously important, but almost unknown figure in the history of the Western Church and society.
		Gregory, needless to say, did not know Benedict, though there was a group of his followers living in Rome in a monastery on the Caelian Hill by his time.
		The most important, in the Library of the Monastery of St. Gallien near Konstanz in Switzerland, claims to be a copy of a copy of the original, done by two monks, Grimault and Tatto, from a text which Charlemagne had commissioned for his Court Library at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle, in Germany near the Dutch border).
	www.csun.edu /~hcfll004/RuleOfStBenedict.html (468 words)

	Amazon.com: The Rule of Saint Benedict: Books: St. Benedict (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Benedict's Rule, formulated in the sixth century, is among the most comprehensive and vital rules of life in the history of monasticism.
		Benedict's Rule was set out first in a world that was torn with warfare, economic and political upheaval, and a generally harsh physical environment.
		Benedict is especially mindful of the sin of pride, be it pride of possession, pride of person, pride of place -- he strives for equality in the community (as a recognition that all are equal before God).
	www.amazon.com /Rule-Saint-Benedict-St/dp/037570017X (2314 words)

	Vintage Catalog \| The Rule of Saint Benedict by St. Benedict
		Benedict, the sixth-century father of Western monasticism, set down what quickly became the most famous and enduring guide for those in search of spiritual fulfillment through life in community.
		The explicit purpose of Benedict's Rule was to teach monks and their superiors how to live the monastic life.
		Benedict places great emphasis on the importance of silence and solitude as well as the importance of the community setting.
	www.randomhouse.com /vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=037570017X&view=rg (939 words)

	St. Benedict of Nursia, abbot \| Biography and Rule of Saint Benedict -Welcome to The Crossroads Initiative
		Pope St. Gregory wrote the only biography of St. Benedict from this period, and it forms part of St. Gregory's Dialogues.
		Because his Rule was so eminently reasonable and practical, it became the standard for nearly all monastic life in the Western Church until the time of Sts.
		Because of the role of his rule in Christianizing the entire West, he was named co-Patron of Europe by Pope Paul VI in 1964.
	www.crossroadsinitiative.com /library_author/118/St._Benedict_of_Nursia__Abbot.html (487 words)

	St. Benedict's Farm -- The Rule
		The Rule of St. Benedict is the crowning achievement of a lifelong dedication.
		Benedict shifted this emphasis to a more spiritual, interior discipline, putting the dedicated life within grasp for ordinary mortals.
		Calling his wisdom "a little rule," in the final chapter, Benedict recommends the Fathers of the Church and the Scriptures "for those who would hasten to perfection" in the religious life.
	www.gvec.net /stbenedictsfarm/28rule.htm (700 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Catholic Encyclopedia: The Rule of St. Benedict
		A history and overview of the Rule of St. Benedict and its influence in the Church.
		1178), the foundress and first Abbess of Mount St. Rupert, near Bingen on the Rhine, who held that St. Benedict's prohibition of flesh-meat did not include that of birds; Bernard, Abbot of Monte Cassino, formerly of Lerins and afterwards a Cardinal (d.
		Benedict, on the other hand, though he restricts the use of flesh- meat to the sick, orders a pound of bread daily and two dishes of cooked food at each meal, of which there were two in summer and one in winter.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=5853 (4958 words)

	Rule of St. Benedict -Welcome to The Crossroads Initiative
		Living in two's and three's, or even singly, without a shepherd, enclosed, not in the Lord's sheepfold, but in their own, the gratification of their desires is law unto them; because what they choose to do they call holy, but what they dislike they hold to be unlawful.
		If a brother is found stubborn or disobedient or proud or murmuring, or opposed to anything in the Holy Rule and a contemner of the commandments of his Superiors, let him be admonished by his Superiors once and again in secret, according to the command of our Lord (cf Mt 18:15-16).
		Let their natural weakness be always taken into account and let the strictness of the Rule not be kept with them in respect to food, but let there be a tender regard in their behalf and let them eat before regular hours.
	www.crossroadsinitiative.com /library_article/577/Rule_of_St._Benedict.html (15770 words)

	St Benedict, His Rule and Orthodox Laity
		St Benedict of Nursia, living in the seventh century in the West, founded a monastic establishment that was to grow mightily and have a tremendous and lasting impact on monastic life in Europe as a whole.
		His Rule is so simple to follow that both monastics and laity may observe it and spiritually grow from it.
		St Benedict's cult is well-known in the East, where he is honoured with a beautiful Akathist and Canon.
	www.unicorne.org /orthodoxy/articles/alex_roman/laity.htm (1304 words)

	Abbey of Regina Laudis - The Rule of St. Benedict
		Benedict was born in 480 in the small Italian village of Norcia.
		Since the Rule lies at the heart of our spirituality, we have chosen quotations from it to introduce you to each key aspect of our life and to provide the context for understanding how St. Benedict's comprehensive, contemplative vision is incarnated at Regina Laudis.
		All references to the Rule of St. Benedict are taken from the edition of Abbot Justin
	www.abbeyofreginalaudis.com /sitelive/community/therule/therule.htm (213 words)

	The Rule of Benedict. Text, translations, bibliography. Index. Order of Saint Benedict (OSB).
		The Rule in English arranged by chapter titles.
		Select a passage of the Rule by date(s).
		The Italian translation with a parallel Latin text and the Biblical references used in the Rule is available thanks to Alberto da Cormano.
	www.osb.org /rb/index.html (401 words)

	White Robed Monks of St. Benedict, Holy Rule, rule, monastic, monk
		The eighth step of humility is that a monk does only what is endorsed by the common rule of the monastery and the example set by his or her superiors.
		If the novice promises perseverance in his or her stability, let this rule be given to the Novice for him or her to study and read as s/he continues only-just-sitting.
		Please note, "the description of the rule as 'holy' is an important indication that these authors regarded their work not simply as their own original literary productions but as the adaptation of a common monastic tradition.
	www.whiterobedmonks.org /zenruleb.html (10779 words)

	Reflections on the Rule of St. Benedict (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Jerome Hughes of St Mary's Monastery near Boston, but his teacher was Br.
		The translation of the Rule of St. Benedict used on this site is copyright © St. John's Abbey in Minnesota.
		Jerome Hughes, OSB, of St. Mary's Monastery near Petersham, Massachusetts.
	www.dboyko.info /holyrule (212 words)

	The Rule of St. Benedict
		Above all, let him not, while disregarding or undervaluing the salvation of the souls committed to him, be oversolicitous in regard to things transitory, earthly, and perishable; let him always bear in mind that he has taken upon himself the government of souls, of whom he must one day render an account.
		This shall be the rule for one excluded from the common table: he shall intone neither psalm nor antiphon in the oratory, nor shall he read a lesson until he has made satisfaction.
		Let their weakness be always taken into account and let the full rigor of the Rule as regards food be in no way exacted in their regard; but let a kind consideration be had for them, and let them eat before the regular hours.
	www.ewtn.com /library/PRIESTS/BENRULE.HTM (13186 words)

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