Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow:
In Benedictine monasteries, there was a manuscript with 73 chapters of rules which were followed by monks for many centuries.
Here are some of the rules they had to follow:
Chapter 6: Permission to speak should rarely be granted to monks.
Chapter 7: Humility means obedience.
Chapter 33: No monk should own private property.
Chapter 47: Idleness is the enemy of the soul, so friars and sisters should be occupied at certain times in manual labour, and at fixed hours in sacred reading.
Chapter 48:The monastery should be laid out in such a way that all necessities be found within its bounds: water, mill, garden, workshops.
Questions:
- What does humility mean?
- What does chapter 47 say?
- What sort of values are reflected in this chapter?