RB 1980
Subtitle: The Rule of St. Benedict
Contributors: Timothy Fry (Editor); Timothy Horner (Editor); Imogene Baker (Editor)
Edition: Unabridged edition
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: June 1981
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9780814612200
Subjects: Christian communities & monasticism; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; The Bible; Religion; Religion - Church Life; Institutions & Organizations; Benedictines; Rules
First sentence: By the time St. Benedict wrote his rule for monasteries in the sixth century, the monastic movement had existed within Christianity for over two centuries, a period fully as long as the United States has existed as a nation.