GLOSSARY - Very extensive general one on a Cistercian site but it's mostly applicable to Benedictine as well.
NB : It was in the village of Cîteaux that a group of Benedictine monks from the monastery of Molesme founded Cîteaux Abbey in 1098, with the goal of following more closely the Rule of Saint Benedict. The keynote of Cistercian life was a return to literal observance of the Rule of St Benedict.
NB : It was in the village of Cîteaux that a group of Benedictine monks from the monastery of Molesme founded Cîteaux Abbey in 1098, with the goal of following more closely the Rule of Saint Benedict. The keynote of Cistercian life was a return to literal observance of the Rule of St Benedict.
