A Critical Study of the Rule of Benedict: Volume 2

by Adalbert de Vogue

Overview

The work of Dom Adalbert de Vogüé, O.S.B. (1924-2011) serves as the basis of all serious study of the Rule of Benedict. In this second volume, Vogüé first provides historical and critical commentary on texts from the Rule of the Master and other early sources, then shows how Benedict integrated and developed this material in writing his Prologue, Epilogue and chapters on the Tools of Good Works, Silence and Humility.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565484948
Publisher:	New City Press NY
Publication date:	12/01/2013
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 3.10(d)

About the Author

Adalbert de Vogüé was born in 1924 and became a monk of Pierre-qui-Vire in 1944. He taught patristics and early monasticism at Sant'Anselmo in Rome. From 1974-2011 he lived as a hermit near his monastery. His six-volume work on the Rule of St. Benedict is considered to be the definitive work on the Rule. He was regarded as the authority on the Rule of Benedict and the Rules of western monasticism. In recent years he published twelve volumes on the history of western monasticism.

What People are Saying About This

Fr., O.S.B., Editor, American Benedictine Review - Terrence G. Kardong

It is one of the anomalies of modern monastic studies that the great commentary of Adalbert De Vogüé has never been translated into English (or any other language). Of course, the reason is that this is a monumental task. But it is one that Sr. Colleen McGrane has accomplished with real distinction.

Sr. Judith Sutera

Only the most serious of scholars will be able to appreciate the breadth and depth of the research here, but there is something for everyone who wants to go deeper into the text, and the volumes will be a necessity for every library of monastic studies. --Sr. Judith Sutera, OSB Mt. St. Scholastica Monastery, Atchison, KS