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Adalbert de Vogue has been called the greatest modern
commentator on the Rule of Saint Benedict. This monk, who has been
living as a hermit for many years, presents to us an in-depth study
and an absorbing new look at St. Benedict, the man who transformed
Europe and Western Civilization. It is a definitive work, written
with eloquence and depth.
The work of Dom Adalbert de Vogue O.S.B. (1924-2011) serves as the
basis of all serious study of the Rule of Benedict. In the first
volume of this edition, Vogue uses literary criticism to show how
the Rule of Benedict developed. He establishes the dependence of
the Rule of Benedict on the Rule of the Master.
After living the Rule and studying it for many years, the author
introduces it to those who are encountering it for the first time.
The relationship of Benedict's Rule to other early monastic
legislation is treated thoroughly but the book is designed for
those who are seeking a guide for christian living in this little
rule for beginners'.
After living the Rule and studying it for many years, Adalbert
de Voga1/4a, a monk of La-Pierre-qui-Vire in France, introduces it
to those encountering it for the first time. The relationship of
Benedict's Rule to other early monastic legislation is treated
thoroughly, but the book is designed for those who are seeking a
guide for living. Christians 'in the cloister or in the world 'who
seek spiritual guidance in 'this little Rule for beginners' will
find here an unforgettable introduction.
A translation of all existing documents from the cenobitic
monasteries of Pachomius (292-346).
The abbot, the community, and obedience in the Rule of Saint
Benedict as compared to its source, The Rule of the Master, to see
Saint Benedict's originality. 'Historians of monasticism will read
this translation, as they have long read the French original, for
its close exegesis and textual analysis of the eighteen chapters of
the RB directly dealing with the abbot's authority, along with the
parallel passages in the RM that influenced Benedict' -Speculum.
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