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Nouoque Testamento duae, deinde laudes, hymnus atque oratio”; excommunicatio,
„excommunication‟: “Si biduana uel triduana fuerit excommunicatio eius, mittat senior qui
eum excommunicauit unum de maioribus, quem probatum habet, qui eum uerbis
contumeliosis increpet, quod non ob religionis uenerit occasionem, nec pro Christi amore,
nec gehennae pauore, sed simplicium fratrum facere disturbationem”.
Vocabulary associated with Christian world view: haeresis, „heresy‟: “Inde surrexit haeresis
et schisma, et grandis per monasteria controuersia”; 516 saeculum, „the secular world‟: “Ut
presbyteri saeculares non praesumant absque episcopo, qui per regulam uiuit, aut consilio
sanctorum Patrum, per uillulas monasterium construere”; 517 uana gloria, „vain glory‟:
“Uana gloria, superbia, contemptusque turgidus, et effrenatae locutionis usus abdicetur ab
omnibus”; 518 militia Christi, „army of Christ‟: “Qui relicto saeculo ad militiam Christi pia et
salubri humilitate conuertuntur, omnia sua primum aut indigentibus diuidant, aut monasterio
conferant”. 519
Notwithstanding a more general Christian vocabulary, there exist also lexical features
that distinguish the monastic rules as technical literature, if by this term is interpreted the use
of vocabulary specific to the intended audience and not in common currency, or perhaps even
understood, outside this audience. Such terms found in the monastic rules include:
516 Common Rule 1.
517 Common Rule 2.
518 Rule of Fructuosus 8.
519 Rule of Isidore 4.1.
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