The Monastic Rules

by Sister Agatha Mary (Translator), Boniface Ramsey (Editor), George Lawless (Introduction)

Overview

The four documents that make up the Rule of Saint Augustine, with two introductory essay.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565481305
Publisher:	New City Press NY
Publication date:	04/28/2004
Series:	Augustine Ser.
Pages:	149
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	9
	The Rule of Saint Augustine	10
	Three Treatises: Work, Marriage, Virginity	14
	Epistles	16
	Sermons to the People: the Life of Clerics	17
	Expositions of the Psalms	18
	Background of Augustine's Rules	22
I	The Author of the Rules	23
	The Ordo Monasterii	33
	The Regularis Informatio	37
	Conclusions	44
II	The Spirit of the Rule	50
	Major Influences on Augustine's Monasticism	51
	The Praeceptum (Rule for Men)	54
	Food	71
	Clothing	73
	Leaving the Monastery	75
	Communal labor	80
	Bodily Care	83
	Grumbling	86
	Other Themes	91
	Augustinian Monasticism: Epilogue	93
III	The Ordo Monasterii	106
IV	The Praeceptum	110
V	Letter 210 (Bonus est dominus)	123
VI	The Obiurgatio	127
VII	The Regularis Informatio	132
	Bibliography	147