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St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries

by St. Benedict

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

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