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A Bibliography:

📚 Benedictine Reflections on Monasticism & Charism (with Online / Published Versions)

I. Foundational & Early Benedictine Sources (6th–9th Century)

Benedict of Nursia — Regula Benedicti (Rule of St. Benedict), c. 530

  • Online (multiple languages): Order of Saint Benedict official site https://osb.org/rb/

  • Modern scholarly edition: The Rule of Benedict, Liturgical Press (RB 1980).

  • Free English edition: Saint Meinrad Archabbey (Creative Commons) https://pressbooks.palni.org/ruleofbenedict/ (pressbooks.palni.org in Bing)

Gregory the Great — Dialogues, Book II (“Life of St. Benedict”), c. 593

  • Online Latin & English: New Advent https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360102.htm

  • Published: Gregory the Great: Dialogues, Paulist Press (Classics of Western Spirituality).

Anonymous Early Glosses on the Rule (7th–8th c.)

  • Manuscripts: St. Gall Codex 914 (digitized) https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/csg/0914 (e-codices.unifr.ch in Bing)

  • Published scholarly edition: Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti, Corpus Christianorum.

Hildemar of Corbie — Expositio Regulae, 9th c.

  • Online Latin (critical edition): Hildemar Project (University of Oregon) https://hildemar.org

  • Published: Hildemar of Corbie: Expositio Regulae, Brepols.

Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel — Commentary on the Rule & Diadema Monachorum, c. 816

  • Published: Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis (Brepols).

  • English selections: In Caroligian Commentaries on the Rule of St. Benedict, Cistercian Publications.

Benedict of Aniane — Concordia Regularum, c. 816

  • Published: Corpus Christianorum Series Latina 116.

  • Online Latin (partial): Archive.org (search “Concordia Regularum”).

 

II. Medieval Benedictine Voices (10th–13th Century)

The Cluniac Customs (10th–12th c.)

  • Published English: The Customs of Cluny, Cistercian Publications.

  • Latin manuscripts: Many digitized via Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France).

Peter the Venerable, OSB — Letters & Treatises, 12th c.

  • Published: The Letters of Peter the Venerable, Harvard University Press (2 vols.).

  • Online Latin: Patrologia Latina (PL 189–190) via Documenta Catholica Omnia.

Hildegard of Bingen, OSB — Scivias, Letters, Rule for Virgins, 12th c.

  • Published: Paulist Press (Classics of Western Spirituality).

  • Online Latin: Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH).

  • English excerpts: https://www.hildegard-society.org/

Gertrude the Great, OSB — The Herald of Divine Love, 13th c.

  • Published: Paulist Press (Classics of Western Spirituality).

  • Online Latin: MGH Scriptores.

Mechthild of Hackeborn, OSB — The Book of Special Grace, 13th c.

  • Published: Cistercian Publications.

  • Online English (public domain translation): Archive.org..

 

III. Early Modern Benedictine Reflections (16th–18th Century)

Augustine Baker, OSB — Sancta Sophia (Holy Wisdom), 17th c.

  • Online (public domain): Archive.org https://archive.org/details/sanctasophia00bake (archive.org in Bing)

  • Published: Burns & Oates reprint.

Jean Mabillon, OSB — Letters & monastic essays, 17th c.

  • Online Latin: Archive.org (search “Mabillon epistolae”).

  • Published: Oeuvres Complètes de Mabillon, Paris editions.

 

IV. Modern Benedictine Voices (19th–21st Century)

Paul Delatte, OSB — Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict, 19th c.

  • Online (public domain English translation): Archive.org https://archive.org/details/commentaryonrule00dela (archive.org in Bing)

  • Published: St. Michael’s Abbey Press.

Columba Marmion, OSB — Christ, the Ideal of the Monk, early 20th c.

  • Published: Angelico Press (modern edition).

  • Online (public domain): Archive.org..

Anscar Vonier, OSB — The Life of the Monk, early 20th c.

  • Online (public domain): Archive.org..

  • Published: Gracewing.

Jean Leclercq, OSB — The Love of Learning and the Desire for God, 1957

  • Published: Fordham University Press.

  • (Not freely available online due to copyright.)

Basil Hume, OSB — Searching for God, 1977

  • Published: Darton, Longman & Todd.

  • (Not available free online.)

Terrence Kardong, OSB — Benedict’s Rule: A Commentary, 1996

  • Published: Liturgical Press.

  • (Not available free online.)

Paula Fairlie, OSB — Reflections on the Charism of the Benedictine Monastic Life

  • Online: Often available on Benedictine community websites (varies by congregation). If you want, I can locate the most stable version.

Margarita Mooney — “The Poetic Body of the Benedictine Charism”

  • Online (free): Church Life Journal https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the-poetic-body-of-the-benedictine-charism/ (churchlifejournal.nd.edu in Bing)

Luigi Gioia, OSB — The Wisdom of St. Benedict; Say It to God, 2017–2020

  • Published: Bloomsbury Continuum.

  • (Not available free online.)

Michael Casey, OCSO — Strangers to the City, 2005

  • Published: Paraclete Press.

  • (Not available free online.)

 

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