The rule of Saint Benedict / translated by Leonard Doyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino

Contributor:

Doyle, Leonard J. (Leonard Joseph), 1914-1970.

Standardized Title:

Regula. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Benedictines--Rules.

Benedictines.

Genre:

Rules.

Physical Description:

ix, 159 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, 2001.

Summary:

Opens the wonderful tradition of Benedictine spirituality to all -- laypeople and monastics alike.

Generations have encountered the Rule by means of Doyle's work, which remains by far the most widely known and used English version of the Rule. The traditional dates for the thrice-yearly reading of the Rule are included in this edition. The elegance of the page as crafted by the master eye of liturgical artist and designer Frank Kacmarcik, Obl.S.B., makes this edition a treasure to read as Benedict intended.

Contents:

1. On the Kinds of Monks 21

2. What Kind of Man the Abbot Ought to Be 23

3. On Calling the Brethren for Counsel 30

4. What Are the Instruments of Good Works 32

5. On Obedience 37

6. On the Spirit of Silence 40

7. On Humility 41

8. On the Divine Office During the Night 53

9. How Many Psalms Are to Be Said at the Night Office 54

10. How the Night Office Is to Be Said in Summer Time 56

11. How the Night Office Is to Be Said on Sundays 57

12. How the Morning Office Is to Be Said 59

13. How the Morning Office Is to Be Said on Weekdays 60

14. How the Night Office Is to Be Said on the Feasts of the Saints 62

15. At What Times "Alleluia" Is to Be Said 63

16. How the Work of God Is to Be Performed During the Day 63

17. How Many Psalms Are to Be Said at These Hours 65

18. In What Order the Psalms Are to Be Said 67

19. On the Manner of Saying the Divine Office 70

20. On Reverence in Prayer 71

21. On the Deans of the Monastery 72

22. How the Monks Are to Sleep 73

23. On Excommunication for Faults 74

24. What the Measure of Excommunication Should Be 75

25. On Weightier Faults 76

26. On Those Who Without an Order Associate With the Excommunicated 77

27. How Solicitous the Abbot Should Be for the Excommunicated 78

28. On Those Who Will Not Amend After Repeated Corrections 79

29. Whether Brethren Who Leave the Monastery Should Be Received Again 81

30. How Boys Are to Be Corrected 82

31. What Kind of Man the Cellarer of the Monastery Should Be 82

32. On the Tools and Property of the Monastery 85

33. Whether Monks Ought to Have Anything of Their Own 86

34. Whether All Should Receive in Equal Measure What Is Necessary 87

35. On the Weekly Servers in the Kitchen 88

36. On the Sick Brethren 90

37. On Old Men and Children 92

38. On the Weekly Reader 93

39. On the Measure of Food 94

40. On the Measure of Drink 96

41. At What Hours the Meals Should Be Taken 98

42. That No One Speak After Compline 99

43. On Those Who Come Late to the Work of God or to Table 101

44. How the Excommunicated Are to Make Satisfaction 104

45. On Those Who Make Mistakes in the Oratory 106

46. On Those Who Fail in Any Other Matters 107

47. On Giving the Signal for the Time of the Work of God 108

48. On the Daily Manual Labor 109

49. On the Observance of Lent 112

50. On Brethren Who Are Working Far From the Oratory or Are on a Journey 114

51. On Brethren Who Go Not Very Far Away 115

52. On the Oratory of the Monastery 115

53. On the Reception of Guests 116

54. Whether a Monk Should Receive Letters or Anything Else 120

55. On the Clothes and Shoes of the Brethren 121

56. On the Abbot's Table 124

57. On the Craftsmen of the Monastery 124

58. On the Manner of Receiving Brethren 126

59. On the Sons of Nobles and of the Poor Who Are Offered 130

60. On Priests Who May Wish to Live in the Monastery 132

61. How Pilgrim Monks Are to Be Received 133

62. On the Priests of the Monastery 136

63. On the Order of the Community 137

64. On Constituting an Abbot 140

65. On the Prior of the Monastery 143

66. On the Porters of the Monastery 146

67. On Brethren Who Are Sent on a Journey 148

68. If a Brother Is Commanded to Do Impossible Things 149

69. That the Monks Presume Not to Defend One Another 150

70. That No One Venture to Punish at Random 151

71. That the Brethren Be Obedient to One Another 152

72. On the Good Zeal Which Monks Ought to Have 153

73. On the Fact That the Full Observance of Justice Is Not Established in This Rule 154.

Notes:

Originally published: Rule for monasteries. Collegeville, Minn. : St. John's Abbey Press, 1948. With new introd.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0814627358

OCLC:

45466193