Consuetudines Cluniacenses

work by Bernard de Cluny

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Consuetudines Cluniacenses is a work by Bernard de Cluny, a 12th-century monk, poet, and moralist. This text is a systematic collection of the monastic principles and customs that guided the Cluniac reform of the Benedictine Rule. The Cluniac reforms, initiated in the 10th century at the monastery of Cluny in France, aimed to revitalize Benedictine monastic life. Bernard's work provides valuable insight into these monastic practices. His major work, De contemptu mundi ("On Condemning the World"), expresses disdain for earthly pleasures and criticizes the immorality of his time, advocating for asceticism and spiritual satisfaction.12

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…is Bernard’s compilation of the Consuetudines Cluniacenses (“Customs of Cluny”), a systematic, annotated collection of the monastic principles and usages governing the Cluniac reform of the 6th-century Benedictine Rule.
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…is Bernard’s compilation of the Consuetudines Cluniacenses (“Customs of Cluny”), a systematic, annotated collection of the monastic principles and usages governing the Cluniac reform of the 6th-century Benedictine Rule.
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