The center of the Rule is the Ladder of Humility, found in Chapter 7. He should “study more to be loved than feared.” The abbot has full authority, yet must adapt himself to the characters of each monk. Nevertheless, Benedict himself is content to encourage communities to arrange the Psalms differently if there is a better way. ” The arrangements of Psalms for the daily celebration of the Office is still used today, and was even the basis of the Roman Rite until Vatican II. The abbot should strive to arrange things so that “the strong have something to yearn for and the weak nothing to run from. In some cases, the Carolingian rulers (8th and 9th centuries) mandated the use of the Rule, but in other cases, communities simply chose the Rule because of its great spiritual wisdom.īenedict’s Rule is renowned for its humanity and flexibility. Eventually, the majority of monasteries in the West adopted the Rule of Saint Benedict. Benedict of Nursia composed a rule for monks “remarkable for its discretion and its clarity of language.” In the early years of the monastic movement, many rules were composed in different languages for monks of different regions and climates.
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