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Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow: In Benedictine monasteries, there was a manuscript with 73 chapters of rules which were followed by monks for many centuries. Here are some of the rules they had to follow: Chapter 6: Permission to speak should rarely be granted to monks. Chapter 7: Humility means obedience. Chapter 33:No monk should own private property. Chapter 47: Idleness is the enemy of the soul, so friars and sisters should be occupied at certain times in manual labour, and at fixed hours in sacred reading. Chapter 48:The monastery should be laid out in such a way that all necessities be found within its bounds: water, mill, garden, workshops. What does chapter 47 say? |
| Answer» Solution :Chapter 47 says that idleness is the ENEMY of the SOUL, so friars and SISTERS should be occupied at certain times in manual LABOUR and at fixed hours in a sacred reading. | |