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The Rule of St. Benedict

74 days · a little rule for beginners

Benedict's Rule from Monte Cassino (c. 530) — a prologue and seventy-three brief chapters that shaped Western monastic life, promising "nothing harsh, nothing burdensome." One section a day finishes it in seventy-four days; monasteries read it through three times a year, for a lifetime. Doyle's translation, from this library's own shelf.

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