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Rule
St Benedict of Nursia, tr. Hunter Blair, 1907
Chapter 29
IF any Brother, who through his own fault departeth or is cast out of the Monastery, be willing to return, let him first undertake to amend entirely the fault for which he went away; and then let him be received back into the lowest place, that thus his humility may be tried. Should he again depart, let him be taken back until the third time: knowing that after this all return will be denied to him.