TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino and Doyle, Leonard J. (Leonard Joseph)
40. On the Measure of Drink
41. At What Hours the Meals Should Be Taken
42. That No One Speak After Compline
43. On Those Who Come Late to the Work of God or to Table
44. How the Excommunicated Are to Make Satisfaction
45. On Those Who Make Mistakes in the Oratory
46. On Those Who Fail in Any Other Matters
47. On Giving the Signal for the Time of the Work of God
48. On the Daily Manual Labor
49. On the Observance of Lent
50. On Brethren Who Are Working Far From the Oratory or Are on a Journey
51. On Brethren Who Go Not Very Far Away
52. On the Oratory of the Monastery
53. On the Reception of Guests
54. Whether a Monk Should Receive Letters or Anything Else
55. On the Clothes and Shoes of the Brethren
56. On the Abbot’s Table
57. On the Craftsmen of the Monastery
58. On the Manner of Receiving Brethren
59. On the Sons of Nobles and of the Poor Who Are Offered
60. On Priests Who May Wish to Live in the Monastery
61. How Pilgrim Monks Are To Be Received
62. On the Priests of the Monastery
63. On the Order of the Community
64. On Constituting an Abbot
65. On the Prior of the Monastery
66. On the Porters of the Monastery
67. On Brethren Who Are Sent on a Journey
68. If a Brother Is Commanded to Do Impossible Things
69. That the Monks Presume Not to Defend One Another
70. That No One Venture to Punish at Random
71. That the Brethren Be Obedient to One Another
72. On the Good Zeal Which Monks Ought to Have
73. On the Fact That the Full Observance of Justice Is Not Established in This Rule
ST. BENEDICT’S RULE FOR MONASTERIES