Benedictine Monachism, Second Edition

by Cuthbert Butler

St. Benedict's Rule has been one of the great facts in the history of western Europe, and its influence and effects are with us to this day. This being so, it is surely strange that, as I believe, the Rule has never yet been made the object of an historical study setting forth on an extended scale its principles and its working. Commentaries there are, explaining it chapter by chapter; but so far as I know, there is no systematic exposition of what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597524204
• ISBN13: 9781597524209
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 434 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"