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8.70
Title
A STATEMENT ON BENEDICTINE LIFE, the English translation of "De Re Monastica"
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Paperback, 32 pages, printed for private use at Mt. Angel Abbey, 1968
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This statement, adopted by the Congress of Abbots in Rome in 1967 and translated into English, was primarily a renewal document.
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This STATEMENT ON BENEDICTINE LIFE carries a letter from Baldwin Dworschak, O.S.B., Abbot of St. John's Abbey, a foreword, introduction, and the statement itself.
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Finding aids
A Statement On Benedictine Life (3 copies)
Message of the Congress of Abbots to all the Benedictine Communities