Regula Orientalis, 30

Regula Orientalis, 30

Monastic rule, written in the late 5^th century, likely in Italy or France.

Source: Havener, O. S. B., Carmela Vircillo Franklin, O. S. B. Francis, and J. Alcuin. Early monastic rules: The rules of the fathers and the Regula orientalis, p. 79. Liturgical press, 1982.

Among all the brothers this will be observed: that obeying their seniors and deferring to one another, they have patience, moderation, humility, charity and peace—without falsehood and hypocrisy, cursing, multiplicity of words, or the taking of an oath. So that no one may himself lay claim to anything nor take possession of anything as his own, let them hold all things in common.