Rule of Saint Basil

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monastic rule

The Rule of Saint Basil is a foundational set of monastic guidelines in Eastern Christianity that emphasizes community life, liturgical prayer, and charitable service, shaping the spirituality and organization of many Eastern monastic orders.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Rule of Saint Basil canonical	3

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monastic rule ⓘ
aimsTo	integrate prayer and work ⓘ promote communal discernment ⓘ regulate cenobitic monastic life ⓘ
author	Basil of Caesarea NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Gospel precepts ⓘ Holy Scripture NERFINISHED ⓘ
component	Longer Rules NERFINISHED ⓘ Shorter Rules NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastsWith	eremitic monasticism ⓘ
emphasizes	Scripture reading ⓘ charitable service ⓘ chastity ⓘ common ownership of goods ⓘ community life ⓘ fraternal charity ⓘ liturgical prayer ⓘ moderation in asceticism ⓘ obedience ⓘ poverty ⓘ work as part of monastic life ⓘ
followedBy	Basilian monks NERFINISHED ⓘ Basilian nuns NERFINISHED ⓘ many Eastern Christian monasteries ⓘ
genre	ascetical literature ⓘ
hasForm	question-and-answer format ⓘ
influenced	Basilian monastic congregations NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine monasticism ⓘ Eastern Catholic monastic orders ⓘ Eastern Orthodox monastic orders NERFINISHED ⓘ studite monastic tradition ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Cappadocia NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	foundational text of Eastern monasticism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Eastern Catholic Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	care of the poor ⓘ daily schedule of prayer ⓘ fraternal correction ⓘ hospitality to strangers ⓘ manual labor ⓘ organization of monastic community ⓘ role of abbot or superior ⓘ
theologicalFocus	imitation of Christ in community life ⓘ love of God and neighbor ⓘ
timePeriod	4th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Basilian Salvatorian Order → followsRuleOf → Rule of Saint Basil ⓘ

Basilian Chouerite Order → followsRuleOf → Rule of Saint Basil ⓘ

Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat → religiousRule → Rule of Saint Basil ⓘ