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Excerpt from The Teaching of St. Benedict
AS the germs of all the lessons taught by St. Benedict are stored Up in the various enactments of his world famed Code, any work of which the purpose is to explain that admirable piece of legislation may with justice be called the teaching of the great patriarch of the West. It is for this reason that we have ven tured to give what may appear to be a somewhat ambitious title to the present volume, the object of which is to make more generally known the wealth of ascetical, liturgical, disciplinary, and administrative lore which is locked up in the pages of the Rule. In order to do this in an efficient manner, the works of some of the most celebrated commentators have been consulted, their various opinions carefully collated, and no views advanced which cannot be defended on the authority of scholars, Whose learning and ability are so well known that their judgment is accepted with unwavering faith. Some brief account of the chief among these will not, we think, be out of place in the preface to a work which has been inspired by a perusal of a few of their voluminous writings.
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AS the germs of all the lessons taught by St. Benedict are stored Up in the various enactments of his world famed Code, any work of which the purpose is to explain that admirable piece of legislation may with justice be called the teaching of the great patriarch of the West. It is for this reason that we have ven tured to give what may appear to be a somewhat ambitious title to the present volume, the object of which is to make more generally known the wealth of ascetical, liturgical, disciplinary, and administrative lore which is locked up in the pages of the Rule. In order to do this in an efficient manner, the works of some of the most celebrated commentators have been consulted, their various opinions carefully collated, and no views advanced which cannot be defended on the authority of scholars, Whose learning and ability are so well known that their judgment is accepted with unwavering faith. Some brief account of the chief among these will not, we think, be out of place in the preface to a work which has been inspired by a perusal of a few of their voluminous writings.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Francis Cuthbert Doyle
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780428968670
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
Page Count - 458
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ISBN - 9781331816409
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Page Count - 460
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