Rule of St. Benedict Series

Prologue → Chapter 1: The Kinds of Monks → Chapter 2: Qualities of the Abbot → Chapter 3: Summoning the Brothers for Counsel → Chapter 4: The Tools for Good Works → Chapter 5: Obedience → Chapter 6: Restraint of Speech → Chapter 7: Humility → Chapter 8: The Divine Office at Night → Chapter 9: The Number of Psalms at the Night Office → Chapter 10: The Arrangement of the Night Office in Summer → Chapter 11: The Celebration of Vigils on Sunday → Chapter 12: The Celebration of the Solemnity of Lauds → Chapter 13: The Celebration of Lauds on Ordinary Days → Chapter 14: The Celebration of Vigils on the Anniversaries of Saints → Chapter 15: The Times for Saying Alleluia → Chapter 16: The Celebration of the Divine Office During the Day → Chapter 17: The Number of Psalms to Be Sung at These Hours → Chapter 18: The Order of the Psalmody → Chapter 19: The Discipline of Psalmody → Chapter 20: Reverence in Prayer → Chapter 21: The Deans of the Monastery → Chapter 22: The Sleeping Arrangements of the Monks → Chapter 23: Excommunication for Faults → Chapter 24: Degrees of Excommunication → Chapter 25: Serious Faults → Chapter 26: Unauthorized Association with the Excommunicated → Chapter 27: The Abbot’s Concern for the Excommunicated → Chapter 28: Those Who Refuse to Amend After Frequent Reproofs → Chapter 29: Readmission of Brothers Who Leave the Monastery → Chapter 30: The Manner of Reproving Boys → Chapter 31: Qualifications of the Monastery Cellarer → Chapter 32: The Tools and Goods of the Monastery → Chapter 33: Monks and Private Ownership → Chapter 34: Distribution of Goods According to Need → Chapter 35: Kitchen Servers of the Week → Chapter 36: The Sick Brothers → Chapter 37: The Elderly and Children → Chapter 38: The Reader for the Week → Chapter 39: The Proper Amount of Food → Chapter 40: The Proper Amount of Drink → Chapter 41: The Times for the Brothers’ Meals → Chapter 42: Silence After Compline → Chapter 43: Tardiness at the Work of God or at Table → Chapter 44: Satisfaction by the Excommunicated → Chapter 45: Mistakes in the Oratory → Chapter 46: Faults Committed in Other Matters → Chapter 47: Announcing the Hours for the Work of God → Chapter 48: The Daily Manual Labor → Chapter 49: The Observance of Lent → Chapter 50: Brothers Working at a Distance or Traveling → Chapter 51: Brothers on a Short Journey → Chapter 52: The Oratory of the Monastery → Chapter 53: The Reception of Guests → Chapter 54: Letters or Gifts for Monks → Chapter 55: The Clothing and Footwear of the Brothers → Chapter 56: The Abbot’s Table → Chapter 57: The Artisans of the Monastery → Chapter 58: The Procedure for Receiving Brothers → Chapter 59: The Offering of Sons by Nobles or by the Poor → Chapter 60: The Admission of Priests to the Monastery → Chapter 61: The Reception of Visiting Monks → Chapter 62: The Priests of the Monastery → Chapter 63: Community Rank → Chapter 64: The Election of an Abbot → Chapter 65: The Prior of the Monastery → Chapter 66: The Porter of the Monastery → Chapter 67: Brothers Sent on a Journey → Chapter 68: Assignment of Impossible Tasks to a Brother → Chapter 69: The Presumption of Defending Another in the Monastery → Chapter 70: The Presumption of Striking Another Monk at Will → Chapter 71: Mutual Obedience → Chapter 72: The Good Zeal of Monks → Chapter 73: This Rule Only a Beginning of Perfection →

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