{"id":216,"date":"2022-10-08T15:44:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T15:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/ruleofbenedict\/?post_type=chapter&p=216"},"modified":"2023-01-27T21:24:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T21:24:29","slug":"rb-60","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/ruleofbenedict\/chapter\/rb-60\/","title":{"raw":"60. Priests Who Perhaps May Want to Live in the Monastery","rendered":"60. Priests Who Perhaps May Want to Live in the Monastery"},"content":{"raw":"<\/a>If someone from the order of priests asks to be received into the monastery, consent should definitely not be given to him too quickly. 2\u00a0<\/sup>Yet, if he remains absolutely steadfast in this request, let him realize that he will have to keep the whole discipline of the Rule 3\u00a0<\/sup>and that nothing will be relaxed for him, so that it may be as it is written:\r\n
Friend, what have you come for? (Matt 26:50)<\/em><\/blockquote>\r\n4\u00a0<\/sup>Still, he should be allowed to stand after the abbot and to bless or to preside at the Mass, but only if the abbot commands him. 5\u00a0<\/sup>Otherwise, he should not presume to do anything whatsoever, realizing that he is subject to the discipline of the Rule. Moreover, he should give an example of humility to all.\r\n\r\n6\u00a0<\/sup>And if perhaps there is an issue about an appointment or some other matter in the monastery, 7\u00a0<\/sup>let him keep the place that he had when he entered the monastery and not that which was granted to him out of reverence for the priesthood.\r\n\r\n8\u00a0<\/sup>Also, if any clerics with the same desire want to join the monastery, they may be given a place in the middle, 9\u00a0<\/sup>but only if they themselves promise observance of the Rule and their own stability.","rendered":"

Friend, what have you come for? (Matt 26:50)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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6\u00a0<\/sup>And if perhaps there is an issue about an appointment or some other matter in the monastery, 7\u00a0<\/sup>let him keep the place that he had when he entered the monastery and not that which was granted to him out of reverence for the priesthood.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>If someone from the order of priests asks to be received into the monastery, consent should definitely not be given to him too quickly. 2\u00a0<\/sup>Yet, if he remains absolutely steadfast in this request, let him realize that he will have to keep the whole discipline of the Rule 3\u00a0<\/sup>and that nothing will be relaxed for him, so that it may be as it is written:<\/p>\n