TY - BOOK AU - Benedict,Saint,Abbot of Monte Cassino AU - Doyle,Leonard J. TI - St. Benedict's Rule for Monasteries AV - BX PY - 2015/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Benedictines -- Rules N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_Saint_Benedict; Release date is 2015-09-22; Andrew Dunning; Original publication data not identified N2 - "St. Benedict's Rule for Monasteries" by Abbot of Monte Cassino Saint Benedict is a book of precepts written in Latin around 530. Designed for monks living communally under an abbot, it establishes guidelines for monastic life centered on the motto "pray and work." The Rule charts a moderate path between individual zeal and rigid institutionalism, addressing the needs of community living through order, human relationships, and spiritual growth. Used by Benedictines for fifteen centuries, it became one of the most influential guides in Western monasticism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50040 ER -