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The Rule of Saint Augustine, written about the year 400, is a brief document divided into eight chapters and serves as an outline for religious life lived in community. It is the oldest monastic rule in the Western Church. The rule, developed by Augustine of Hippo (354–430), governs chastity, poverty,
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See moreIn 388, Augustine returned from Milan to his home in Thagaste. He then sold his patrimony and gave the money to the poor. The only thing he kept was the estate, which he converted into a monastic foundation for himself and
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See moreBy the eleventh century, various monks felt that the Rule of Saint Benedict (which had been the standard model for monastic life for the last five centuries) no longer satisfied the demands of a rapidly changing society, with its increasing urbanisation, growing
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See moreThe title, Rule of Saint Augustine, has been applied to each of the following documents:
• Letter 211 addressed to a community of women;...
See moreBetween 430 and 570 Augustine's rule was carried to Europe by monks and clergy fleeing the persecution of the Vandals, and was used by small groups of hermit monks and nuns, as well as by diocesan priests living in cathedral communities with their bishop.
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See more• Full text of the Rule of Saint Augustine at Villanova University website
• Augustine's Views on Prayer...
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