Pillars Of Community : Four Rules of Pre-Benedictine Monastic Life /

"Anyone who has explored a great Romanesque church has been impressed, even awed, by the mighty stone foundations supporting the great central tower. As four pillars give a firm base to these soaring structures, so four ancient Rules stand beneath the foundations of Western monasticism, giving...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kardong, Terrence
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Monasticism and religious orders > Rules.
Monachisme et ordres religieux > Regles > Histoire.
Monasticism and religious orders > Rules > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The life of Basil
  • The rule of Basil: I (long rules prologue and 1-7)
  • The rule of Basil: II (themes from long rules 8-55)
  • The life of Pachomius
  • The rule of Pachomius: I (precepts 1-57)
  • The rule of Pachomius: II (precepts 58-97)
  • The rule of Pachomius: III (precepts 98-144)
  • Monastic issues in the life of Augustine by his disciple Possidius
  • Praeceptum: the rule of Augustine
  • The rule of the four fathers
  • The second rule of the fathers.

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