St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries (516)

Re:St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries (516) by qntty on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:15PM (#25721403)

> CHAPTER 4

> What Are the Instruments of Good Works

> [...]

> 63. To love chastity.

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Re:St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries (516) by elwell on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:29PM (#25721563)

AFAIK, chastity most often refers to abstinence prior to marriage, not the exclusion of marriage.

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Re:St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries (516) by baud147258 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:40PM (#25721703)

from what I remember of my catechism, the chastity would depends on one's state (single/widower, married, cleric). So for single persons, priest, monks => abstinence, married => fidelity to the spouse

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Re:St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries (516) by 8fGTBjZxBcHq on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:26PM (#25741473)

Though iirc from my (orthodox) catechism st benedict predates the western christian tradition of unmarried clergy. Monks would have been celibate always though I think.

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Re:St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries (516) by dragonwriter on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:09PM (#25722827)

Chastity refers to abstinence other than within the bounds of marriage, not just before marriage.

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Re:St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries (516) by copperwater69 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:18PM (#25721454)

Thanks, I just used ctrl+f to find celibacy and was surprised. Didn't think of synonyms.

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