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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Main Author: Kardong, Terrence 1936-2019 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2007
In: 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