#Quod fieri necesse est. pro

He was therefore eager to compose this chapter, so that the body of the monastery might be united, for if it were divided by the evil of discord, it would not be able to stand against the enemy because if a city or army fighting against an enemy were divided, it would not prevail, but would be given into the hands of its enemies by those whom it considers the opposition. Benedictus insequitur, ut etiam ipsum praepositum, si post electionem praepositurae humilis non fuerit, de monasterio jubeat expelli, ne diabolus, amator discordiae, suos 2 habere in congregatione possit, per quem alios possit decipere.īlessed Benedict understood discord to be a great evil and indeed, such a great evil that all good can be destroyed by the evil of discord. Sic et monasterium si divisum fuerit, non solum ipsi pereunt, sed etiam illi, qui potuerant esse forte boni, solent perire. Ideo studuit etiam hoc capitulum componere, quatenus corpus monasterii possit esse conjunctum, ne si separatum per discordiae malum fuerit, adversus hostem non possit consistere, quia si civitas vel exercitus pugnans adversus hostem divisa vel divisus fuerit, non poterit vincere, sed per eos, quos partis adversariae habet, in manus inimicorum suorum tradetur.

#Quod fieri necesse est. pro

Benedictus, magnum malum esse discordiam, et adeo magnum malum, ut omne bonum pro discordiae malo posse 1 deperire. He continues: 1It very frequently happens that through the installation of a prior, grave scandals arise in the monastery, 2for there are some who are puffed up with the evil spirit of pride, and consider themselves second abbots behaving as tyrants, they nurture scandal and create dissent in the community, 3especially in those places where the prior is installed by the same bishop or abbots who installed the abbot.Ĭognovit B. Sequitur: 1Saepius quidem contingit, ut per ordinationem praepositi scandala gravia in monasteriis oriantur, 2dum sint aliqui maligno spiritu superbiae inflati et aestimantes, se secundos esse abbates, assumentes sibi tyrannidem, scandala nutriunt et dissensiones in congregatione faciunt, 3et maxime in illis locis, ubi ab eodem sacerdote vel ab eis abbatibus, qui abbatem ordinant, ab ipsis etiam praepositus ordinatur.īlessed Benedict kept the right order in this place, because he spoke first about the abbot, and afterwards about the prior of the monastery. Benedictus in eo, quod prius dixit de abbate et postmodum de praeposito monasterii.