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  • Chapter 1: The Kinds of Monks
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  • Chapter 10: The Arrangement of the Night Office in Summer
  • Chapter 11: The Celebration of Vigils on Sunday
  • Chapter 12: The Celebration of the Solemnity of Lauds
  • Chapter 13: The Celebration of Lauds on Ordinary days
  • Chapter 14: The Celebration of Vigils on the Anniversaries of Saints
  • Chapter 15: The Times for Saying Alleluia
  • Chapter 16: The Celebration of the Divine Office During the Day
  • Chapter 17: The Number of Psalms to be Sung at These Hours
  • Chapter 18. The Order of the Psalmody
  • Chapter 19: The Discipline of Psalmody
  • Chapter 20: Reverence in Prayer
  • Chapter 21: The Deans of the Monastery
  • Chapter 22: The Sleeping Arrangements of the Monks
  • Chapter 23: Excommunication for Faults
  • Chapter 24: Degrees of Excommunication
  • Chapter 25: Serious Faults
  • Chapter 26: Unauthorized Association with the Excommunicated
  • Chapter 27: The Abbot’s Concern for the Excommunicated
  • Chapter 28. Those Who Refuse to Amend After Frequent Reproofs
  • Chapter 29: Readmission of Brothers Who Leave the Monastery
  • Chapter 30: The Manner of Reproving Boys
  • Chapter 31: Qualifications of the Monastery Cellarer
  • Chapter 32: The Tools and Goods of the Monastery
  • Chapter 33: Monks and Private Ownership
  • Chapter 34: Distribution of Goods According to Need
  • Chapter 35: Kitchen Servers of the Week
  • Chapter 36: The Sick Brothers
  • Chapter 37: The Elderly and Children
  • Chapter 38: The Reader for the Week
  • Chapter 39: The Proper Amount of Food
  • Chapter 40: The Proper Amount of Drink
  • Chapter 41: The Times for the Brothers’ Meals
  • Chapter 42: Silence After Compline
  • Chapter 43: Tardiness at the Work of God or at Table
  • Chapter 44: Satisfaction by the Excommunicated
  • Chapter 45: Mistakes in the Oratory
  • Chapter 46: Faults Committed in Other Matters
  • Chapter 47: Announcing the Hours for the Work of God
  • Chapter 48: The Daily Manual Labor
  • Chapter 49: The Observance of Lent
  • Chapter 50: Brothers Working at a Distance or Traveling
  • Chapter 51: Brothers on a Short Journey
  • Chapter 52: The Oratory of the Monastery
  • Chapter 53: The Reception of Guests
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  • Chapter 56: The Abbot’s Table
  • Chapter 57: The Artisans of the Monastery
  • Chapter 58: The Procedure for Receiving Brothers
  • Chapter 59: The Offering of Sons by Nobles or by the Poor
  • Chapter 60: The Admission of Priests to the Monastery
  • Chapter 61: The Reception of Visiting Monks
  • Chapter 62: The Priests of the Monastery
  • Chapter 63: Community Rank
  • Chapter 64: The Election of an Abbot
  • Chapter 65: The Prior of the Monastery
  • Chapter 66: The Porter of the Monastery
  • Chapter 67: Brothers Sent on a Journey
  • Chapter 68: Assignment of Impossible Tasks to a Brother
  • Chapter 69: The Presumption of Defending Another in the Monastery
  • Chapter 70: The Presumption of Striking Another Monk at Will
  • Chapter 71: Mutual Obedience
  • Chapter 72: The Good Zeal of Monks
  • Chapter 73: This Rule Only a Beginning of Perfection
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  • Opus Dei: The Divine Office
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    • Toward a Theology and Spirituality of the Opus Dei
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    • In the Presence of God
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