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 Benedict of Nursia Quotes
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 Benedict of Nursia (480? - 547?) was the founder of the Benedictine Order and hence of mediaeval monasticism. Sourced Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively...
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1,403 words, approx. 5 pagesBENEDICT OF NURSIA (c. 480–547), Christian saint, monastic founder, and spiritual leader. Best known as the author of the monastic rule still followed by Benedictine and Cistercian monks and nuns. Benedict is looked upon as the father of Western... summary from source:
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 The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) BENEDICT.(Obit)
10/27/2004: 305 words, approx. 1 pages ***** CORRECTION: October 28, 2004 Wednesday's obituary notice for Emmett James Benedict, of Liverpool, who died October 25, 2004, listed the wrong date of birth. Mr. Benedict was born March 9, 1910, in Hastings, the son of John P. and E.... summary from source:
The Washington Post The Bounty of Benedict
03/04/1994: 798 words, approx. 3 pages RUTH BENEDICT used to be Andrew Robison's particular friend, but now she belongs to all of us. Benedict, a Washington physician and art patron, lunched nearly every Wednesday for 18 years with Robison, senior curator of the National Gallery of Art, to discuss...
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 Lecture by Antoine Vergote
10,391 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, originally delivered as a lecture in 1976, Vergote offers an interpretation of humility in the Rule of St. Benedict, tracing the ideals of obedience and self-knowledge expressed in Benedict's text and in the Christian scriptures.
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Critical Essay by André Zegveld
8,794 words, approx. 29 pages
In the following essay, originally published in 1981, Zegveld presents an overview of the fundamental concerns in the Rule of St. Benedict and explores how the Rule is to be interpreted and obeyed in the modern era.
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Critical Essay by Adalbert de Vogüé
8,610 words, approx. 29 pages
In the following essay, originally published in French in 1991, de Vogüé undertakes an exegesis of the seventh chapter of the Rule of St. Benedict, which describes a monk's spiritual ascension to heaven upon the ladder of humility. Footnote numbers designate line numbers of the Rule throughout this essay.
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