"After living the Rule and studying it for many years, the author introduces it to those who are encountering it for the first time. The relationship of Benedict's Rule to other early monastic legislation is treated thoroughly but the book is designed for those who are seeking a guide for christian living in this `little rule for beginners'."
Saint Benedict(1st Edition) The Man and His Work by Gerald Malsbary, AdalbertDeVogue Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 2006 by St. Bede's Press ISBN-13: 978-1-879007-48-2, ISBN: 1-879007-48-7
"Just like the Master, Benedict transforms the ten signs of humility enumerated by
Pinufius into the twelve steps of a ladder ascending from earth to heaven, the first
and twelfth rungs pertaining to humility before God, the ten rungs in between
pertaining to relations with fellow human beings. The first degree of humility is
particularly long and undergoes rather serious abridgement in the new Rule. The
Master, in order to inculcat ..."
"After living the Rule and studying it for many years, Adalbert de Voga¼a, a monk of La-Pierre-qui-Vire in France, introduces it to those encountering it for the first time. The relationship of Benedict's Rule to other early monastic legislation is treated thoroughly, but the book is designed for those who are seeking a guide for living. Christians 'in the cloister or in the world 'who seek spiritual guidance in 'this little Rule for beg ..."
"Descriptions of Pachomian monastic communities from a variety of ancient sources, including the Lausiac History and A History of the Monks in Egypt, and full translations of the Rule of Saint Pachomius and the Regulation of his successor, Horsiesios."
"The abbot, the community, and obedience in the Rule of Saint Benedict as compared to its source, The Rule of the Master, to see Saint Benedict's originality."
"Three times longer than the Rule of Saint Benedict and in parts identical to it, the Regula Magistri encompasses the entire existence, material and spiritual, of the monastic community and its members. First English translation."
"A translation of all existing documents from the cenobitic monasteries of Pachomius (292-346). '...a major contribution to patristic scholarship on the highest level of scientific accuracy' -Speculum. '...it is unlikely that these fascinating and unparalleled volumes will be superseded...'-The Catholic Historical Review. 'This series is recommended to anyone interested in early history and spirit of cenobitism and religious life' -Spiri ..."
"The monks poisoned Benedict's wine; this unhappy priest poisoned his bread.
The holy man seems to have had the gift of arousing passions to the extent of
committing crimes. Here the passion has "envy" as its name. For Gregory, as for
many of the Fathers, this passion is an evil that is essentially diabolical; it raised
the serpent's temptation in paradise and caused the fall of our first parents.5
Every man who abandons himself to ..."
"The abbot, the community, and obedience in the Rule of Saint Benedict as compared to its source, The Rule of the Master, to see Saint Benedict's originality. 'Historians of monasticism will read this translation, as they have long read the French original, for its close exegesis and textual analysis of the eighteen chapters of the RB directly dealing with the abbot's authority, along with the parallel passages in the RM that influenced ..."
"“Arriving at the end of my course, after more than fifty years of presence in the monastery, an instinct pushes me to share my great hope of eternal life, as I have shared recently my small experience of fasting.” In this meditation of the phrase “to desire eternal life” from the Rule of St. Benedict, Adalbert de Vogue shares what hope has been for him before entering the monastery and after. Then he surveys Holy Scripture as a simple h ..."
Cistercian Studies Reading Saint Benedict : Reflections on the Rule No. 151 by AdalbertDeVogue Hardcover, 360 Pages, Published 1994 by Cistercian Pubns ISBN-13: 978-0-87907-651-1, ISBN: 0-87907-651-8
Pachomian Koinonia III. Instructions, Letters and Writings of Saint Pachomius and His Disciples (Cistercian Studies, No. 47) by Armand Veilleux, AdalbertDeVogue, St. Pachomius Paperback, 313 Pages, Published 1989 by Cistercian Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-87907-947-5, ISBN: 0-87907-947-9
"A translation of all existing documents from the cenobitic monasteries of Pachomius (292-346). '...a major contribution to patristic scholarship on the highest level of scientific accuracy' -Speculum. '...it is unlikely that these fascinating and unparalleled volumes will be superseded...'-The Catholic Historical Review. 'This series is recommended to anyone interested in early history and spirit of cenobitism and religious life' - ..."
"Around the year 435 'just before the time of Saint Benedict 'a middle-aged man named Romanus felt drawn to the solitary life. Leaving his family, he entered the dense forests of the rugged Jura Mountains in eastern France. There he was soon joined by his brother Lupicinus and, many years later, by a disciple Eugendus, al three of whom are still revered in the local area. This first English translation of the Life of these Jura Fathers s ..."
"Benedikt von Nursia gilt als "Vaterdes abendländischen Mönchtums". Auch nach fast 1500 Jahren wirkt er weiter: durch seine Regel und den Benediktinerorden, der auf ihn zurückgeht. Weniger bekannt ist sein Leben. Ausgehend von den wenigen historischen Quellen, entwirft Adalbert de Vogüé, Benediktiner in der Abtei La Pierre-qui-vire (Burgund), das Portrait eines beeindruckenden Mannes, der unablässig Gott suchte."