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Benedictines
The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, they are the oldest of all the religious orders in the Latin Church. The male religious are also sometimes called the Black Monks, especially in English speaking countries, after the colour of their habits, although some, like the Olivetans, wear white. They were founded by Benedict of Nursia, a 6th-century Italian monk who laid the foundations of Benedictine mon
Rule of Saint Benedict
book of precepts
Rule of St. Augustine
document that outlines religious life of oldest monastic rule in the Western Church
Basilian monks
order of Catholic monks
Rule of Saint Francis
Monastic rule followed by the Order of Friars Minor
Patimokkha in Theravada Buddhism
In Theravada Buddhism, the Pāṭimokkha is the basic code of monastic discipline, consisting of 227 rules for fully ordained monks (bhikkhus) and 311 for nuns (bhikkhuṇīs). It is contained in the Suttavibhaṅga, a division of the Vinaya Piṭaka.
Carmelite Rule of St. Albert
c. 1210 Carmelite text
Rule of the Master
anonymous sixth-century collection of monastic precepts