2009年7月10日 星期五

The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 33. Monks And Private Ownership

(1) Above all, this evil practice must be uprooted and removed from the monastery.
(2) We mean that without an order from the abbot, no one may presume to give, receive
(3) or retain anything as his own, nothing at all — not a book, writing tablets or stylus — in short, not a single item,
(4) especially since monks may not have the free disposal even of their own bodies and wills.
(5) For their needs, they are to look to the father of the monastery, and are not allowed anything which the abbot has not given or permitted.
(6) "All things should be the common possession," of all, as it is written, "so that no one," presumes to, "call anything his own," (Acts 4:32).

(7) But if anyone is caught indulging in this most evil practice, he should be warned a first and a second time. 8If he does not amend, let him be subjected to punishment.

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