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A comment on St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries (516). Parent comment

Re:St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries (516) by AndrewPaul42 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:35PM (#25722410)
This is an apt comment. I went to a Benedictine College with a Monastery attached. More than one of the monks, after a night of heavy drinking, would tell me: "We take a vow of celibacy (non-marriage), not of chastity."
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Re:St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries (516) by gherittwhite on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:49PM (#25722594)
Well, chaste is already something every Catholic is bound to be. I assume they aren't taking vows not to murder or not to steal or to not lie, because those things are already forbidden. The vows are for things that raise the bar.
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