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Top 7 Rules and Exercises of the Christian Faith: Didache, Rule of St Augustine, Rule of St Benedict, Book of Pastoral Rule, Rule of St Francis, Exercises of St Ignatius, Way of Perfection
The Top 7 Rules and Exercises of the Christian Faith brings together some of the greatest writings on discipline and the monastic life ever penned. These writings have inspired countless believers to holiness, humility and self-discipline and have helped shape the life and witness of the Church.
Besides the more well-known rules such as the Rule of St. Benedict, the Rule of St. Francis and the Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, this collection also includes the earliest known Christian writing outside the New Testament (the Didache), and two rules originally written for women (The Rule of St. Augustine and The Way of Perfection).
This collection has been formatted for your Kindle, is fully searchable and has an optimized Table of Contents.
Included in this fantastic volume are:
• The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)
• The Rule of St. Augustine
• The Rule of St. Benedict
• The Book of Pastoral Rule by Gregory the Great
• The Rule of St. Francis (Rule of the Friars Minor)
• The Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
• The Way of Perfection by Teresa of Avila
Besides the more well-known rules such as the Rule of St. Benedict, the Rule of St. Francis and the Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, this collection also includes the earliest known Christian writing outside the New Testament (the Didache), and two rules originally written for women (The Rule of St. Augustine and The Way of Perfection).
This collection has been formatted for your Kindle, is fully searchable and has an optimized Table of Contents.
Included in this fantastic volume are:
• The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)
• The Rule of St. Augustine
• The Rule of St. Benedict
• The Book of Pastoral Rule by Gregory the Great
• The Rule of St. Francis (Rule of the Friars Minor)
• The Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
• The Way of Perfection by Teresa of Avila
706 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 13, 2012
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Pope Gregory I
261 books55 followersborn perhaps 540
From 590, Saint Gregory I the Great, known pope, increased authority, enforced rules of life for the clergy, and sponsored many notably important missionary expeditions of Saint Augustine of Canterbury in 596 to Britain.
Commonly vigilant Gregory guarded the doctrine of the Church. He founded numerous monasteries, including a school for the training of church musicians. He collected the melodies and plainsong, so associated and now Gregorian chants. In his time, he served as a monk, an abbot, and a leader of Italy. He also momentously influenced the Catholic Church through doctrine, organization, and discipline. People thought of his foremost skill in grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic in all Rome, Gregory of Tours tells us. Gregory sent as a patron of England. Gregory wrote Dialogues , one accomplishment, a book on the Lives of the Saints. Boniface VIII proclaimed him as a doctor of the church in 1295.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gr...
From 590, Saint Gregory I the Great, known pope, increased authority, enforced rules of life for the clergy, and sponsored many notably important missionary expeditions of Saint Augustine of Canterbury in 596 to Britain.
Commonly vigilant Gregory guarded the doctrine of the Church. He founded numerous monasteries, including a school for the training of church musicians. He collected the melodies and plainsong, so associated and now Gregorian chants. In his time, he served as a monk, an abbot, and a leader of Italy. He also momentously influenced the Catholic Church through doctrine, organization, and discipline. People thought of his foremost skill in grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic in all Rome, Gregory of Tours tells us. Gregory sent as a patron of England. Gregory wrote Dialogues , one accomplishment, a book on the Lives of the Saints. Boniface VIII proclaimed him as a doctor of the church in 1295.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gr...
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