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A Source Book for Ancient Church History - Mirrors

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6935. Concerning obedience. The first grade of humility isprompt obedience. This becomes those who, on account of theholy service which they professed, or on account of the fear ofhell or the glory of eternal life, consider nothing dearer to themthan Christ; so that as soon as anything is commanded by theirsuperior, they may not know how to suffer delay in doing it, evenas if it were a divine command.…6. Concerning silence. 7. Concerning humility. 8. Concerningthe Divine Offices at night. 9. How many Psalms are to besaid at night. 10. How in summer the Nocturnal Praises shallbe carried on. 11. How Vigils shall be conducted on Sunday.12. Concerning the order of Matins on Sunday. 13. Concerningthe order of Matins on week days. 14. Concerning the orderof Vigils on Saints' days. 15. Concerning the occasions whenthe Alleluias shall be said. 16. Concerning the order of DivineWorship during the day. 17. On the number of Psalms to besaid at these times. 18. Concerning the order in which thePsalms are to be said. 19. Concerning the art of singing. 20.Concerning the reverence in prayer. 21. Concerning the Deans [634]of monasteries. 22. How monks shall sleep. 23. Concerningexcommunication <strong>for</strong> faults. 24. What ought to be the measure ofexcommunication. 25. Concerning graver faults. 26. Concerningthose who without being ordered by the Abbot, associate withthe excommunicated. 27. What care the Abbot should exercisewith regard to the excommunicated. 28. Concerning those who,being often rebuked, do not amend. 29. Whether brothers wholeave the monastery ought to be received back. 30. Concerningboys under age, how they should be corrected. 31. Concerningthe Cellarer of the monastery, what sort of person he should be.32. Concerning the utensils or property of the monastery.33. Whether monks should have anything of their own. Morethan anything else is this special vice to be cut off root andbranch from the monastery, that one should presume to give orreceive anything without order from the abbot, or should have

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