Benedict of Nursia

Late Patristic · AD 500–800

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On 2 Timothy

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  1. 2 Timothy 4:2
    In his teaching the abbot is ever to observe this rule of the apostle: “Reprove, beseech, correct.” This consists in a judicious timing: to mix gentleness with sternness—at one time to show the severity of a master, at another the tenderness of a father. Use rigor with the irregular and the turbulent, but win to better things the obedient, mild and patient.

    RULE OF ST. BENEDICT 2.23-25

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