Benedict's Insistence on Rank in the Monastic Community: RB 63.1-9 in Context
The article focuses on the teaching of Saint Benedict on the ranking in the monastic community. His ranking has been based on the Rule of the Master to promote unique form of ascetical competition. However, the basis of the ranking has been doubted by Benedict because of the misguided radical egalit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2007
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Cistercian studies quarterly
Year: 2007, Volume: 42, Issue: 3, Pages: 243-265 |
| Further subjects: | B
Monks
B MONASTICISM & religious orders B BENEDICT, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino B Equality B Asceticism |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | The article focuses on the teaching of Saint Benedict on the ranking in the monastic community. His ranking has been based on the Rule of the Master to promote unique form of ascetical competition. However, the basis of the ranking has been doubted by Benedict because of the misguided radical egalitarianism including the dishonesty of a person, lack of communal peace and chaotic place for the individual. |
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| ISSN: | 1062-6549 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cistercian studies quarterly
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