St. Benedict's Rule for Monasteries

by Abbot of Monte Cassino Saint Benedict

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Contents

  1. Prologue
  2. Chapter 1. On the Kinds of Monks
  3. Chapter 2. What Kind of Man the Abbot Ought to Be
  4. Chapter 3. On Calling the Brethren for Counsel
  5. Chapter 4. What Are the Instruments of Good Works
  6. Chapter 5. On Obedience
  7. Chapter 6. On the Spirit of Silence
  8. Chapter 7. On Humility
  9. Chapter 8. On the Divine Office During the Night
  10. Chapter 9. How Many Psalms Are to Be Said at the Night Office
  11. Chapter 10. How the Night Office Is to Be Said in Summer Time
  12. Chapter 11. How the Night Office Is to Be Said on Sundays
  13. Chapter 12. How the Morning Office Is to Be Said
  14. Chapter 13. How the Morning Office Is to Be Said on Weekdays
  15. Chapter 14. How the Night Office Is to Be Said on the Feasts of the Saints
  16. Chapter 15. At What Times “Alleluia” Is to Be Said
  17. Chapter 16. How the Work of God Is to Be Performed During the Day
  18. Chapter 17. How Many Psalms Are to Be Said at These Hours
  19. Chapter 18. In What Order the Psalms Are to Be Said
  20. Chapter 19. On the Manner of Saying the Divine Office
  21. Chapter 20. On Reverence in Prayer
  22. Chapter 21. On the Deans of the Monastery
  23. Chapter 22. How the Monks Are to Sleep
  24. Chapter 23. On Excommunication for Faults
  25. Chapter 24. What the Measure of Excommunication Should Be
  26. Chapter 25. On Weightier Faults
  27. Chapter 27. How Solicitous the Abbot Should Be for the Excommunicated
  28. Chapter 28. On Those Who Will Not Amend After Repeated Corrections
  29. Chapter 29. Whether Brethren Who Leave the Monastery Should Be Received Again
  30. Chapter 30. How Boys Are to Be Corrected
  31. Chapter 31. What Kind of Man the Cellarer of the Monastery Should Be
  32. Chapter 32. On the Tools and Property of the Monastery
  33. Chapter 33. Whether Monks Ought to Have Anything of Their Own
  34. Chapter 34. Whether All Should Receive in Equal Measure What Is Necessary
  35. Chapter 35. On the Weekly Servers in the Kitchen
  36. Chapter 36. On the Sick Brethren
  37. Chapter 37. On Old Men and Children
  38. Chapter 38. On the Weekly Reader
  39. Chapter 39. On the Measure of Food
  40. Chapter 40. On the Measure of Drink
  41. Chapter 41. At What Hours the Meals Should Be Taken
  42. Chapter 42. That No One Speak After Compline
  43. Chapter 43. On Those Who Come Late to the Work of God or to Table
  44. Chapter 44. How the Excommunicated Are to Make Satisfaction
  45. Chapter 45. On Those Who Make Mistakes in the Oratory
  46. Chapter 46. On Those Who Fail in Any Other Matters
  47. Chapter 47. On Giving the Signal for the Time of the Work of God
  48. Chapter 48. On the Daily Manual Labor
  49. Chapter 49. On the Observance of Lent
  50. Chapter 50. On Brethren Who Are Working Far From the Oratory or Are on a Journey
  51. Chapter 51. On Brethren Who Go Not Very Far Away
  52. Chapter 52. On the Oratory of the Monastery
  53. Chapter 53. On the Reception of Guests
  54. Chapter 54. Whether a Monk Should Receive Letters or Anything Else
  55. Chapter 55. On the Clothes and Shoes of the Brethren
  56. Chapter 56. On the Abbot’s Table
  57. Chapter 57. On the Craftsmen of the Monastery
  58. Chapter 58. On the Manner of Receiving Brethren
  59. Chapter 59. On the Sons of Nobles and of the Poor Who Are Offered
  60. Chapter 60. On Priests Who May Wish to Live in the Monastery
  61. Chapter 61. How Pilgrim Monks Are To Be Received
  62. Chapter 62. On the Priests of the Monastery
  63. Chapter 63. On the Order of the Community
  64. Chapter 64. On Constituting an Abbot
  65. Chapter 65. On the Prior of the Monastery
  66. Chapter 66. On the Porters of the Monastery
  67. Chapter 67. On Brethren Who Are Sent on a Journey
  68. Chapter 68. If a Brother Is Commanded to Do Impossible Things
  69. Chapter 69. That the Monks Presume Not to Defend One Another
  70. Chapter 70. That No One Venture to Punish at Random
  71. Chapter 71. That the Brethren Be Obedient to One Another
  72. Chapter 72. On the Good Zeal Which Monks Ought to Have
  73. Chapter 73. On the Fact That the Full Observance of Justice Is Not Established in This Rule

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