The “Rule” – Book II of the “Dialogues”

Introductions by García M. Colombás. Translation of the Rule by Iñaki Aranguren. Translation of the Dialogues by León M. Sansegundo. Among the Latin texts that Christian antiquity has bequeathed to us, the Rule of St. Benedict stands out, both for its intrinsic qualities and for the influence it has exercised on the evolution of religious life in the West and even on the very formation of Europe. It has been described as a "monastic condensation for the future." As a complement to the Rule, this edition includes Book II of the "Dialogues," in which St. Gregory the Great accurately outlines the biographical profile of St. Benedict, whom he calls "a man of venerable life, full of the spirit of all the just."

SAN BENITO - SAN GREG

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