Rule of Saint Augustine

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Christian religious rule monastic rule

The Rule of Saint Augustine is an early Christian monastic rule, attributed to Augustine of Hippo, that outlines a communal life of poverty, chastity, obedience, and shared charity for religious communities.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rule of Saint Augustine canonical 9
Augustinian canons 3
Rule of St. Augustine 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious rule ⓘ
monastic rule ⓘ
author Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
canonicalStatus approved by the Catholic Church ⓘ
dateOfComposition early 5th century ⓘ
late 4th century ⓘ
emphasizes care for the poor ⓘ
common ownership of property ⓘ
community prayer ⓘ
fraternal correction ⓘ
moderation in ascetic practices ⓘ
mutual service ⓘ
obedience to superiors ⓘ
sharing of goods ⓘ
followedIn Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

some Anglican communities ⓘ
some Lutheran communities ⓘ
genre rule of life ⓘ
hasPart longer rule for clerics ⓘ
shorter rule for nuns ⓘ
historicalSignificance important precursor to later monastic legislation ⓘ
one of the earliest Western monastic rules ⓘ
influenced Canons Regular (Reguliers) ⓘ
surface form: Augustinian Canons

Augustinians ⓘ
surface form: Augustinian Hermits

Order of Preachers ⓘ
surface form: Dominican Order

Order of Saint Augustine ⓘ
Augustinians ⓘ
surface form: Premonstratensians

many medieval cathedral chapters ⓘ
influencedBy Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
early Christian monasticism ⓘ
languageOfOriginal Latin ⓘ
mainSubject charity ⓘ
chastity ⓘ
common life ⓘ
communal religious life ⓘ
community of goods ⓘ
obedience ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Hippo Regius ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
theologicalFocus love of God ⓘ
love of neighbor ⓘ
unity of heart and mind in God ⓘ
tradition Western Christianity ⓘ
usedBy Canons Regular (Reguliers) ⓘ
surface form: canons regular

friars ⓘ
nuns ⓘ
various congregations of sisters ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dominican friars → ruleFollowed → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
Inchcolm → religiousOrder → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
subject surface form: Inchcolm Abbey
this entity surface form: Augustinian canons
Knights Hospitaller → ruleFollowed → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
Alexander I of Scotland → patronage → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Augustinian canons
Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum → religiousOrder → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Augustinian canons
Dominican nuns → followsRule → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rule of St. Augustine
Order of Saint Jerome → ruleFollowed → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
Canons Regular (Reguliers) → follows → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
subject surface form: Canons Regular
this entity surface form: Rule of St. Augustine
Keynsham Abbey → followedRule → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rule of St Augustine
Order of Santiago → follows → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
Augustinians → followsRuleOf → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rule of St. Augustine
Order of Saint Augustine → followsRule → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
Canons Regular of Saint Augustine → followsRule → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic → followsRuleOf → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
St Andrews Priory → usedRule → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
Mercedarians → ruleFollowed → Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ