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The Long Rules
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Saint Basil the Great's 'The Long Rules' provides comprehensive guidance on communal monastic life, emphasizing spiritual discipline, obedience, and charity.
Divided into detailed questions and answers, it covers a wide range of topics, from prayer and fasting to work and relationships.
Basil stresses the importance of living in harmony, serving others, and maintaining a balance between individual contemplation and communal activities.
The text underscores the necessity of humility, self-control, and constant striving for spiritual perfection within a structured community setting.
This influential work has shaped monastic practices for centuries, promoting a life dedicated to God through prayer, labor, and mutual support.
Divided into detailed questions and answers, it covers a wide range of topics, from prayer and fasting to work and relationships.
Basil stresses the importance of living in harmony, serving others, and maintaining a balance between individual contemplation and communal activities.
The text underscores the necessity of humility, self-control, and constant striving for spiritual perfection within a structured community setting.
This influential work has shaped monastic practices for centuries, promoting a life dedicated to God through prayer, labor, and mutual support.
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Mentioned by Father Josiah as an influential monastic rule that became foundational for the Benedictine rule in the West.
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