2009年8月28日 星期五

The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 71. Mutual Obedience

(1) Obedience is a blessing to be shown by all, not only to the abbot but also to one another as brothers,
(2) since we know that it is by this way of obedience that we go to God.
(3) Therefore, although orders of the abbot or of the priors appointed by him take precedence, and no unofficial order may supersede them,
(4) in every other instance younger monks should obey their seniors with all love and concern.
(5) Anyone found objecting to this should be reproved.

(6) If a monk is reproved in any way by his abbot or by one of his seniors, even for some very small matter,
(7) or if he gets the impression that one of his seniors is angry or disturbed with him, however slightly,
(8) he must, then and there without delay, cast himself on the ground at the other's feet to make satisfaction, and lie there until the disturbance is calmed by a blessing.
(9) Anyone who refuses to do this should be subjected to corporal punishment, if he is stubborn, he should be expelled from the monastery.

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