The Rule of St Benedict
Benedict of Nursia
Public DomainChristian Classics
Chapters 71
- 2. Then our neighbour as ourself. ≈ 1 min
- 3. Then not to kill. ≈ 1 min
- 4. Not to commit adultery. ≈ 1 min
- 5. Not to steal. ≈ 1 min
- 6. Not to covet. ≈ 1 min
- 7. Not to bear false witness. ≈ 1 min
- 8. To honour all men. ≈ 1 min
- 9. Not to do to another what we would not have done to ourselves. ≈ 1 min
- 10. To deny ourselves, in order to follow Christ. ≈ 1 min
- 11. To chastise the body. ≈ 1 min
- 12. Not seek after delights. ≈ 1 min
- 13. To love fasting. ≈ 1 min
- 14. To relieve the poor. ≈ 1 min
- 15. To clothe the naked. ≈ 1 min
- 16. To visit the sick. ≈ 1 min
- 17. To bury the dead. ≈ 1 min
- 18. To help those who are in tribulation. ≈ 1 min
- 19. To comfort the sad. ≈ 1 min
- 20. To withdraw ourselves from worldly ways. ≈ 1 min
- 21. To prefer nothing to the love of Christ. ≈ 1 min
- 22. Not to give way to anger. ≈ 1 min
- 23. Not to harbour revenge in our mind. ≈ 1 min
- 24. Not to foster guile or deceit in our heart. ≈ 1 min
- 25. Not to make a feigned peace. ≈ 1 min
- 26. Not to forsake charity. ≈ 1 min
- 27. Not to swear at all, lest we forswear ourselves. ≈ 1 min
- 28. To speak the truth with heart and mouth. ≈ 1 min
- 29. Not to render evil for evil. ≈ 1 min
- 30. Not to do any injury; yea, and patiently to bear an injury done to us. ≈ 1 min
- 31. To love our enemies. ≈ 1 min
- 32. Not to speak ill of such as speak ill of us, but rather to speak well of ≈ 1 min
- 33. To suffer persecution for justice sake. ≈ 1 min
- 34. Not to be proud. ≈ 1 min
- 35. Not given to wine. ≈ 1 min
- to ourselves. ≈ 1 min
- to ourselves. ≈ 1 min
- to ourselves. ≈ 1 min
- to ourselves. ≈ 1 min
- to ourselves. ≈ 1 min
- to ourselves. ≈ 1 min
- to ourselves. ≈ 1 min
- us attribute it to ourselves. ≈ 1 min
- 44. To fear the day of judgement. ≈ 1 min
- 45. To be afraid of hell. ≈ 1 min
- 46. To desire life everlasting with spiritual thirst. ≈ 1 min
- 47. To have death always before our eyes. ≈ 2 min
- 48. To observe at every hour the actions of our life. ≈ 2 min
- 49. To know for certain that God beholds us in every place. ≈ 2 min
- 50. To dash at once against Christ the evil thoughts that rise in the ≈ 2 min
- 51. To reveal all such to our spiritual Father. ≈ 2 min
- and to amend them for the time to come. ≈ 2 min
- and to amend them for the time to come. ≈ 2 min
- and to amend them for the time to come. ≈ 2 min
- and to amend them for the time to come. ≈ 2 min
- and to amend them for the time to come. ≈ 2 min
- and to amend them for the time to come. ≈ 2 min
- and to amend them for the time to come. ≈ 2 min
- (which God forbid) should do otherwise, being mindful of that precept ≈ 2 min
- (which God forbid) should do otherwise, being mindful of that precept ≈ 2 min
- that we may truly be called so. ≈ 2 min
- 62. Daily to fulϐil in deeds the commandments of God. ≈ 2 min
- 63. To love chastity. ≈ 2 min
- 64. To hate no man. ≈ 2 min
- 65. To ϐlee envy and emulation. ≈ 2 min
- 66. Not to love contention. ≈ 2 min
- 67. To ϐlee Haughtiness. ≈ 2 min
- 68. To reverence the Elders. ≈ 2 min
- 69. To love inferiors. ≈ 2 min
- 70. For Christ's sake to pray for our enemies. ≈ 2 min
- Behold, these are the tools or instruments of our spiritual profession: if ≈ 3 min
- Behold, these are the tools or instruments of our spiritual profession: if ≈ 128 min
| Author | Benedict of Nursia |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | Classic |
| Categories | Christian Classics · Theology |
| Chapters | 71 |
| Formats | Web Book · PDF |
| Status | Public Domain |
Public Domain.
