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The Holy Rule of St. Benedict
75 chapters
The Holy Rule of St. BenedictPrologueChapter I. Of the Kinds or the Life of MonksChapter II. What Kind of Man the Abbot Ought to BeChapter III. Of Calling the Brethren for CounselChapter IV. The Instruments of Good WorksChapter V. Of ObedienceChapter VI. Of SilenceChapter VII. Of HumilityChapter VIII. Of the Divine Office during the NightChapter IX. How Many Psalms Are to Be Said at the Night OfficeChapter X. How the Office Is to Be Said during the Summer SeasonChapter XI. How the Night Office Is to Be Said on SundaysChapter XII. How Lauds Are to Be SaidChapter XIII. How Lauds Are to Be Said on Week DaysChapter XIV. How the Night Office Is to Be Said on the Feasts of the SaintsChapter XV. At What Times the Alleluia Is to Be SaidChapter XVI. How the Work of God Is to Be Performed during the DayChapter XVII. How Many Psalms Are to Be Sung at These HoursChapter XVIII. In What Order the Psalms Are to Be SaidChapter XIX. Of the Manner of Reciting the PsalterChapter XX. Of Reverence at PrayerChapter XXI. Of the Deans of the MonasteryChapter XXII. How the Monks Are to SleepChapter XXIII. Of Excommunication for FaultsChapter XXIV. What the Manner of Excommunication Should BeChapter XXV. Of Graver FaultsChapter XXVI. Of Those Who without the Command of the Abbot Associate with the ExcommunicatedChapter XXVII. How Concerned the Abbot Should Be about the ExcommunicatedChapter XXVIII. Of Those Who Having Often Been Corrected Do Not AmendChapter XXIX. Whether Brethren Who Leave the Monastery Ought to Be Received AgainChapter XXX. How Young Boys Are to Be CorrectedChapter XXXI. The Kind of Man the Cellarer of the Monastery Ought to BeChapter XXXII. Of the Tools and Goods of the MonasteryChapter XXXIII. Whether Monks Ought to Have Anything of Their OwnChapter XXXIV. Whether All Should Receive in Equal Measure What Is NecessaryChapter XXXV. Of the Weekly Servers in the KitchenChapter XXXVI. Of the Sick BrethrenChapter XXXVII. Of the Aged and ChildrenChapter XXXVIII. Of the Weekly ReaderChapter XXXIX. Of the Quantity of FoodChapter XL. Of the Quantity of DrinkChapter XLI. At What Times the Brethren Should Take Their RefectionChapter XLII. That No One Speak after ComplinChapter XLIII. Of Those Who Are Tardy in Coming to the Work of God or to TableChapter XLIV. Of Those Who Are Excommunicated—How They Make SatisfactionChapter XLV. Of Those Who Commit a Fault in the OratoryChapter XLVI. Of Those Who Fail in Any Other MattersChapter XLVII. Of Giving the Signal for the Time of the Work of GodChapter XLVIII. Of the Daily WorkChapter XLIX. On the Keeping of LentChapter L. Of Brethren Who Work a Long Distance from the Oratory or Are on a JourneyChapter LI. Of the Brethren Who Do Not Go Very Far AwayChapter LII. Of the Oratory of the MonasteryChapter LIII. Of the Reception of GuestsChapter LIV. Whether a Monk Should Receive Letters or Anything ElseChapter LV. Of the Clothing and the Footgear of the BrethrenChapter LVI. Of the Abbot's TableChapter LVII. Of the Artists of the MonasteryChapter LVIII. Of the Manner of Admitting BrethrenChapter LIX. Of the Children of the Noble and of the Poor Who Are OfferedChapter LX. Of Priests Who May Wish to Live in the MonasteryChapter LXI. How Stranger Monks Are to Be ReceivedChapter LXII. Of the Priests of the MonasteryChapter LXIII. Of the Order in the MonasteryChapter LXIV. Of the Election of the AbbotChapter LXV. Of the Prior of the MonasteryChapter LXVI. Of the Porter of the MonasteryChapter LXVII. Of the Brethren Who Are Sent on a JourneyChapter LXVIII. If a Brother Is Commanded to Do Impossible ThingsChapter LXIX. That in the Monastery No One Presume to Defend AnotherChapter LXX. That No One Presume to Strike AnotherChapter LXXI. That the Brethren Be Obedient to One AnotherChapter LXXII. Of the Virtuous Zeal Which the Monks Ought to HaveChapter LXXIII. Of This, that Not the Whole Observance of Righteousness Is Laid Down in this Rule