The Rule of St Benedict - Chapter 2 (Part 1)
What kind of man the abbot should be
Having set out the goal of the Christian life in the Prologue, and the definition of the monastic life, St Benedict turns to the role of the Abbot. It’s a long chapter and it falls into two main parts. The first section, which we are considering today, mainly covers the role of the abbot in Christian terms, reminding him of his inevitable judgment befor…