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CHAPTER XXV.Of more grievous faults.Let that Brother who is guilty of more grievous faults be denied both the table and the Oratory. Let none of the Brethren discourse with him not keep him company. L … read more

CHAPTER XXIV.What the manner of excommunication ought to be.The measure of excommunication or punishment should be meted our according to the quality of the faults; but the estimation of their gravity … read more

CHAPTER XXIII.Of excommunication for offences.If any Brother be found stubborn, disobedient, proud, murmuring, or in any way gainsaying the holy Rule, or contemning the orders of his Elders, let him … read more

CHAPTER XXII.How the Monks are to sleep.Let them sleep, each in separate beds, and receive, according to the appointment of the Abbot, bedclothes befitting their condition. If it be possible, let them … read more

CHAPTER XXI.Of the Deans of the Monastery.If the Community be large, let men of good repute and saintly lives be chosen from among the Brethren and appointed Deans, to be careful over their Deaneries … read more