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Longer Rules

St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925

Preface
Rule 1: Concerning the Order and Sequence of the Lord’s Commandments (R. 1)
Rule 2: Concerning Love Towards God, and that the Inclination and Power to Keep the…
3. Rule 3: Concerning Love Towards One’s Neighbour (R. 2)
4. Rule 4: Concerning the Fear of God (R. 2)
5. Rule 5: Concerning the Avoidance of Distraction (R. 2)
6. Rule 6: The Necessity of Retirement (R. 2)
Rule 7: That It is Necessary, with a View to Pleasing God, to Live with Like-minded…
Rule 8: Concerning Renunciation. Must a Man First Renounce All and Then Come to the Life…
Rule 9: Should the Man Who Joins Those Who are Consecrated to the Lord Relinquish His…
Rule 10: Should All Who Come Be Received? Or If Not, Which Persons? And Should They Be…
11. Rule 11: Concerning Slaves
12. Rule 12: How the Married are to Be Received
Rule 13: That the Practice of Silence is Beneficial for Novices
Rule 14: Concerning Those Who After Making a Profession to God Try to Annul Their…
Rule 15: At What Age Should We Allow Professions to Be Made, and When May We Consider the…
Rule 16: Whether Continence is Necessary for the Man Who Would Lead a Religious Life (R.…
Rule 17: That It is Necessary Also to Refrain from Laughter (R. 8)
Rule 18: That It is Necessary to Eat All that is Set Before Us
19. Rule 19: What is the Measure of Continence (R. 9)
Rule 20: What is the Method of Receiving Guests, So Far as Food is Concerned
Rule 21: The Necessary Arrangements for Sitting and Reclining at the Time of Lunch and…
Rule 22: What is the Clothing Fitting for a Christian (R. 11)
23. Rule 23: Concerning the Girdle (R. 11)
Rule 24: Now that These Matters Have Been Sufficiently Explained to Us, We Should Like to…
Rule 25: That a Superior Who Does Not Rebuke Sinners Will Undergo a Fearful Condemnation
Rule 26: That All Things, Even the Secrets of the Heart, are to Be Revealed to the…
Rule 27: That Even the Superior Himself, Should He Stumble, Must Be Admonished by the…
Rule 28: The Attitude of the Community Towards a Disobedient Brother
29. Rule 29: Concerning Him Who Works with Pride or Murmuring
Rule 30: With What State of Mind the Superiors Should Care for the Brethren
Rule 31: That It is Necessary to Accept the Services Rendered by the Superior
Rule 32: How We Should Behave Towards Relations According to the Flesh
33. Rule 33: The Manner of Intercourse with the Sisters
Rule 34: The Character of Those Who Administer the Necessities of Life in the Brotherhood
Rule 35: Whether Several Brotherhoods Should Be Formed in the Same Parish
36. Rule 36: Concerning Those Who Secede from the Brotherhood
Rule 37: Whether We Must Neglect Work for the Sake of the E Prayers and Psalmody, and…
Rule 38: We Have Learned from the Instruction Both that Prayer Should Never Be Omitted…
Rule 39: How We Ought to Manage the Sale of the Products of Our Work and the Necessary…
40. Rule 40: Concerning Business Transacted at Conventions
41. Rule 41: Concerning Authority and Obedience
Rule 42: The Aim and Intention with Which the Workers Must Work
Rule 43: The Method of Arranging About Work Has Been Sufficiently Explained to Us, Unless…
Rule 44: To Whom May Journeys Be Allowed? And How Must the Travellers Be Questioned on…
Rule 45: That After the Superior There Must Be Another Who When He is Absent or Engaged…
Rule 46: That a Man Must Not Hide His Sins from His Brother or Himself
Rule 47: Concerning Those Who Do Not Accept the Regulations of the Superior
Rule 48: That We Must Not Interfere with the Arrangements of the Superior But Attend to…
49. Rule 49: Concerning Matters of Dispute Among the Brethren
50. Rule 50: How the Superior Should Administer Rebuke
Rule 51: In What Manner the Offence of the Sinner Must Be Corrected
52. Rule 52: With What Disposition We are to Bear Punishments
Rule 53: How Instructors in Arts are to Correct Delinquent Boys
Rule 54: How that the Superiors of the Brotherhoods Must Refer Their Concerns to One…
Rule 55: Whether the Use of Medical Remedies is Consistent with the Ideal of Piety