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The Rule of St. Benedict, From the Old Engl. Ed. of 1638 [tr. by J. Jones and Others] Ed. by One of the Benedictine Fathers of St. Michael's,
The Rule of St Benedict From the Old Engl Ed of 1638 Ed by One of the Benedictine Fathers of St Michael's - tr. by J. Jones and Others Author:Benedict Title: The Rule of St. Benedict, From the Old Engl. Ed. of 1638 [tr. by J. Jones and Others] Ed. by One of the Benedictine Fathers of St. Michael's, Near Hereford General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1875 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or ... more »missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: OF CALLING THE BRETHREN TO COUNCIL. As often as any weighty matters have to be debated in the monastery, let the Abbot call together all the Brethren, and himself declare what is the point under deliberation. Having heard their counsel, let him prudently weigh it with himself, and then do what he shall judge most expedient. The reason why we ordain that all be called to Council, is because the Lord often revealeth to the younger what is best. And let the Brethren give their advice with all subjection and humility, and presume not stiffly to defend their own opinion, but rather leave it tothe discretion of the Abbot; and what he shall think more expedient, to that let them all submit; for, as it becometh the disciples to obey their master, so doth it behove the master to dispose all things with forethought and justice. irjan. In omnibus igitur omnes magistram i8 Mail , ? , n It sept sequantur regulam, neque ab ea temere declinetur a quoquam. Nullus in monasterio sequatur cordis proprii voluntatem, ueque prse- sumat quisqxiam cum Abbate suo proterve intus, aut foris monasterium contendere. Quod si prsesumpserit, regulari discipline subjaceat. Ipse tamen Abbas cum timore Dei, et observa- tione regulse omnia faciat; sciens se procul dubio de omnibus judiciis suis sequissimo judici Deo rationem redditurum. Si qua vero minora agenda sunt in monasterii utilitatibus, seni- orum tantum utatur conailio, sicut scriptum est: " Omnia fac cum consilio, ...« less