The Rule of St Benedict - Chapter 1
St Benedict expresses strong opinions
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It is clear that there are four types of monks. The first are the cenobites, that is those in monasteries, serving under a Rule or Abbot.
Monachorum quattuor esse genera manifestum est. Primum coenobitarum, hoc est monasteriale, militans sub regula vel abbate.
Then the second kind of monks are the anchorites or hermits, those who are not in the first …
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