A Critical Study of the Rule of Benedict - Volume 3
About the book
Volume 3 of Adalbert de Vogue’s "A Critical Study of The Rule of St. Benedict" interprets The Rule, especially facets of monastic life that secular readers might find unimportant such as prayer regimen, psalmody, correction of faults, and everyday routines like sleeping arrangements. This meticulous scholarship—in an accessible translation by Benedictine Sister Colleen Maura McGrane—traces how Benedict departed from earlier “Rules” and explains why, more than 1,500 years later, monasteries still follow these practices. Benedict was expert organizer, creative liturgist and informed student of human psychology. (Judith Valente - author of How to Live: What The Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning and Community)
Reviews
This book is a critically important and unreservedly recommended addition to seminary and academic Benedictine Studies collections
Endorsements
This translation is certainly a welcome addition to Benedictine scholarship on the Rule of Benedict and the Rule of the Master, by one of its foremost scholars. It represents a careful and meticulous, yet easy to read representation of the original. It is a work that needs to be in every academic library that takes up theological and monastic works and would serve monastic houses where the study of RB and its sources is undertaken beyond a cursory reading of introductions to the Rule.
St. John's University, Collegeville, MN
