2009年8月9日 星期日

The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 57. The Artisans Of The Monastery

(1) If there are artisans in the monastery, they are to practice their craft with all humility, but only with the abbot's permission.
(2) If one of them becomes puffed up by his skillfulness in his craft, and feels that he is conferring something on the monastery,
(3) he is to be removed from practicing his craft and not allowed to resume it unless, after manifesting his humility, he is so ordered by the abbot.

(4) Whenever products of these artisans are sold, those responsible for the sale must not dare to practice any fraud.
(5) Let them always remember Ananias and Sapphira, who incurred bodily death (Acts 5:1-11),
(6) lest they and all who perpetrate fraud in the monastery affairs suffer spiritual death.

(7) The evil of avarice must have no part in establishing prices,
(8) which should therefore, always be a little lower than people outside the monastery are able to set,
(9) "so that in all things God may be glorified," (1 Pet 4:11).

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