The Rule of St Benedict Chapter 3
On Calling the Brethren to Council
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Whenever any important matters have to be considered in the monastery, let the abbot call together the whole community, and let him set out the matter to be settled, and having heard the advice of the brethren, let him consider it privately and then do whatever he judges to be best.
Quotiens aliqua praecipua agenda sunt in monasterio, convocet abbas …
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