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St. Benedict's Rule for Monasteries

auctore Abbot of Monte Cassino Saint Benedict

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  1. ST. BENEDICT’S RULE FOR MONASTERIES 0:00
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 0:53
  3. PROLOGUE 1:01
  4. CHAPTER 1 On the Kinds of Monks 7:03
  5. CHAPTER 2 What Kind of Man the Abbot Ought to Be 8:50
  6. CHAPTER 3 On Calling the Brethren for Counsel 14:53
  7. CHAPTER 4 What Are the Instruments of Good Works 16:35
  8. CHAPTER 5 On Obedience 22:17
  9. CHAPTER 6 On the Spirit of Silence 24:33
  10. CHAPTER 7 On Humility 25:49
  11. CHAPTER 8 On the Divine Office During the Night 35:38
  12. CHAPTER 9 How Many Psalms Are to Be Said at the Night Office 36:22
  13. CHAPTER 10 How the Night Office Is to Be Said in Summer Time 37:51
  14. CHAPTER 11 How the Night Office Is to Be Said on Sundays 38:29
  15. CHAPTER 12 How the Morning Office Is to Be Said 40:19
  16. CHAPTER 13 How the Morning Office Is to Be Said on Weekdays 40:53
  17. CHAPTER 14 How the Night Office Is to Be Said on the Feasts of the Saints 42:38
  18. CHAPTER 15 At What Times “Alleluia” Is to Be Said 43:05
  19. CHAPTER 16 How the Work of God Is to Be Performed During the Day 43:45
  20. CHAPTER 17 How Many Psalms Are to Be Said at These Hours 44:39
  21. CHAPTER 18 In What Order the Psalms Are to Be Said 46:09
  22. CHAPTER 19 On the Manner of Saying the Divine Office 49:41
  23. CHAPTER 20 On Reverence in Prayer 50:25
  24. CHAPTER 21 On the Deans of the Monastery 51:11
  25. CHAPTER 22 How the Monks Are to Sleep 52:09
  26. CHAPTER 23 On Excommunication for Faults 53:11
  27. CHAPTER 24 What the Measure of Excommunication Should Be 53:54
  28. CHAPTER 25 On Weightier Faults 54:44
  29. CHAPTER 26 On Those Who Without an Order Associate With the Excommunicated 55:29
  30. CHAPTER 27 How Solicitous the Abbot Should Be for the Excommunicated 55:54
  31. CHAPTER 28 On Those Who Will Not Amend After Repeated Corrections 57:13
  32. CHAPTER 29 Whether Brethren Who Leave the Monastery Should Be Received Again 58:22
  33. CHAPTER 30 How Boys Are to Be Corrected 58:55
  34. CHAPTER 31 What Kind of Man the Cellarer of the Monastery Should Be 59:24
  35. CHAPTER 32 On the Tools and Property of the Monastery 1:01:38
  36. CHAPTER 33 Whether Monks Ought to Have Anything of Their Own 1:02:24
  37. CHAPTER 34 Whether All Should Receive in Equal Measure What Is Necessary 1:03:18
  38. CHAPTER 35 On the Weekly Servers in the Kitchen 1:04:04
  39. CHAPTER 36 On the Sick Brethren 1:06:10
  40. CHAPTER 37 On Old Men and Children 1:07:28
  41. CHAPTER 38 On the Weekly Reader 1:08:02
  42. CHAPTER 39 On the Measure of Food 1:09:34
  43. CHAPTER 40 On the Measure of Drink 1:10:56
  44. CHAPTER 41 At What Hours the Meals Should Be Taken 1:12:07
  45. CHAPTER 42 That No One Speak After Compline 1:13:22
  46. CHAPTER 43 On Those Who Come Late to the Work of God or to Table 1:14:49
  47. CHAPTER 44 How the Excommunicated Are to Make Satisfaction 1:17:25
  48. CHAPTER 45 On Those Who Make Mistakes in the Oratory 1:18:49
  49. CHAPTER 46 On Those Who Fail in Any Other Matters 1:19:20
  50. CHAPTER 47 On Giving the Signal for the Time of the Work of God 1:20:12
  51. CHAPTER 48 On the Daily Manual Labor 1:20:57
  52. CHAPTER 49 On the Observance of Lent 1:24:08
  53. CHAPTER 50 On Brethren Who Are Working Far From the Oratory or Are on a Journey 1:25:27
  54. CHAPTER 51 On Brethren Who Go Not Very Far Away 1:26:04
  55. CHAPTER 52 On the Oratory of the Monastery 1:26:32
  56. CHAPTER 53 On the Reception of Guests 1:27:19
  57. CHAPTER 54 Whether a Monk Should Receive Letters or Anything Else 1:30:09
  58. CHAPTER 55 On the Clothes and Shoes of the Brethren 1:30:55
  59. CHAPTER 56 On the Abbot’s Table 1:33:23
  60. CHAPTER 57 On the Craftsmen of the Monastery 1:33:45
  61. CHAPTER 58 On the Manner of Receiving Brethren 1:34:47
  62. CHAPTER 59 On the Sons of Nobles and of the Poor Who Are Offered 1:38:27
  63. CHAPTER 60 On Priests Who May Wish to Live in the Monastery 1:39:38
  64. CHAPTER 61 How Pilgrim Monks Are To Be Received 1:40:50
  65. CHAPTER 62 On the Priests of the Monastery 1:42:47
  66. CHAPTER 63 On the Order of the Community 1:44:04
  67. CHAPTER 64 On Constituting an Abbot 1:46:26
  68. CHAPTER 65 On the Prior of the Monastery 1:49:18
  69. CHAPTER 66 On the Porters of the Monastery 1:52:07
  70. CHAPTER 67 On Brethren Who Are Sent on a Journey 1:53:14
  71. CHAPTER 68 If a Brother Is Commanded to Do Impossible Things 1:54:15
  72. CHAPTER 69 That the Monks Presume Not to Defend One Another 1:55:03
  73. CHAPTER 70 That No One Venture to Punish at Random 1:55:36
  74. CHAPTER 71 That the Brethren Be Obedient to One Another 1:56:23
  75. CHAPTER 72 On the Good Zeal Which Monks Ought to Have 1:57:32
  76. CHAPTER 73 On the Fact That the Full Observance of Justice Is Not Established in This Rule 1:58:24
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October 7, 2026
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Operculum “St. Benedict's Rule for Monasteries”, auctore Abbot of Monte Cassino Saint Benedict