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.