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Commentary on the Rule of Saint Benedict: (212 Cistercian Studies Series)


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A ninth-century monk of Saint Mihiel near Verdun, Smaragdus composed his Commentary after the 816 Council of Aachen imposed the Rule of Saint Benedict on al monasteries in the vast Carolingian Empire. His deep devotion to Christ and great reverence for Saint Benedict led him to encourage monastics to update the observance of the Rule to meet the needs of a society, period of history, and monks very different from those Benedict had known. He reminds readers today as well as then that monastic life is organized for the goal of attaining union with God by following Christ. David Barry OSB made solemn profession at the Abbey of the Holy Trinity, New Norcia, Western Australia in 1960. He has studied at Sant'Anselmo, Rome, and Saint Benet's Hal, Oxford, as well as at Murdoch University. In addition to doing parish work, teaching, working in monastic formation, and giving spiritual direction and retreats in Australia, he has also taught in China and done archival research in Europe on his monastery's founders.

Table of Contents:

Table of Contents
Introduction: Smaragdus and His Work   1
     Terrence Kardong
The Expositio and Monastic Reform at Cîteaux   9
     Daniel M. LaCorte
The Relevance of Smaragdus to Modern Monasticism   25
     Jean Leclercq
Translator’s Preface and Acknowledgments   35
Abbreviations of Works Cited   37
Authors and Works Cited   38
The Commentary of Abbot Smaragdus on the Rule of Saint Benedict
Metrical Preface   43
Introduction   47
Book One: Prologue to the Rule   49
     Chapters of the Rule   111
     Chapter One through Chapter Three   115
Book Two: Chapter Four through Chapter Seven   163
Book Three: Chapter Eight through Chapter Seventy-three   311
Scripture Index   539
Index of Authors and Works   554



About the Author :
David Barry OSB made solemn profession at the Abbey of the Holy Trinity, New Norcia, Western Australia in 1960. He has studied at Sant'Anselmo, Rome, and Saint Benet's Hall, Oxford, as well as at Murdoch University. In addition to doing parish work, teaching, working in monastic formation, and giving spiritual direction and retreats in Australia, he has also taught in China and done archival research in Europe on his monastery's founders.

Review :
... a very well-presented, accessible and reliable version of a text which still resonates today, nearly 1,200 years after it was written.Parergon Thanks to David Barry, we can now pick up the first verse-by-verse commentary on the Rule of Saint Benedict, written close to 1200 years ago by Smaragdus of Saint Mihiel, and read it in English at our leisure... The reader will find the introductory essays informative, provocative, and engaging, and the Commentary itself full of wisdom and rich history.The American Benedictine Review [P]rovides the modern reader with a fascinating view on ninth-century Frankish monasticism.The Catholic Historical Review Besides its obvious historical value, the book could be useful to formators in introducing young monastica to the Rule, or to anyone desiring to deepen understanding of it. Sections of it might even be read at Compline or one of the other Hours.Cistercian Studies Quarterly


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780879072124
  • Publisher: Liturgical Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Liturgical Press
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 578
  • Returnable: Y
  • Series Title: 212 Cistercian Studies Series
  • Weight: 775 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0879072121
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 32 mm
  • Width: 140 mm


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