The Rule Of St. Benedict In English, edited by Timothy Fry
As a reader, I must admit that aside from my passionate interest in the Brother Cadfael series of history novels [1], and the fact that I live a rather monk-like existence in general, the rules of monasteries have not generally been of profound personal interest. This is not least because I come from a religious tradition where there are no such practices and where acesticism and celibacy in general are highly frowned upon at best. That said, as someone who reads a great deal outside of my own particular religious traditions, it came time for me to read this book as part of a challenge [2], and I have to say that I found this book to be an interesting one. That is not to say that I found a great deal of agreement with the asceticism of the…
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