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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>There ought to be due proportion between the seriousness of
  a fault and the measure of excommunication or discipline. The prioress or
  abbot determines the gravity of faults.\n\nIf monastics are found guilty 
 of less serious faults\, they will not be allowed to share the common tabl
 e. Members excluded from the common table will conduct themselves as follo
 ws: in the oratory they will not lead a psalm or a refrain nor will they r
 ecite a reading until they have made satisfaction\, and they will take mea
 ls alone\, after the others have eaten. For instance\, if the community ea
 ts at noon\, they will eat in midafternoon\; if the community eats in mida
 fternoon\, they will eat in the evening\, until by proper satisfaction par
 don is gained.</i>\n\nChapter 24 makes two important points in the psychol
 ogy of punishment and human association: first\, the need to punish is no 
 excuse for the arbitrary wielding of power and anger and vengeance\; secon
 d\, sins against community rupture the community and must be recognized as
  such.\n\nObedience is not a license to destroy another human being for th
 e whims and fancies of an authority figure. To be a parent does not give a
 nyone the right to beat a child. To be an official does not give anyone--t
 he police\, the president\, the teacher--the right to vent either their fo
 rce or their frustration on simple people for doing simple things. The nat
 ure of the punishment is always to be weighed against the nature of the of
 fense.\n\nThe pursuit of holiness ought not to be a fearsome thing. Benedi
 ctine spirituality is a gentle manifestation of a loving and parenting God
  who wants us to be all that we can be.\n\nWhat Benedict prescribes is one
  of two kinds of excommunication. In the first\, for lighter offenses agai
 nst the unity and peace of the community\, a person is separated from the 
 common table and denied the right to lead prayer. In the second\, for more
  significant attacks on community well-being\, the person is banished from
  community prayer\, social life and table sharing at the same time.\n\nBen
 edict is teaching very clearly that to disturb the human community is a se
 rious thing. It makes us outcasts to our own kind. It eats away in the sty
 le of acid at the very things that a community needs to flourish and to be
  effective--love\, trust and cooperation. And\, Benedict insinuates\, once
  you have broken the bonds that make a community a community\, a family a 
 family\, a team a team\, there is no growth possible until we all face the
  fact.
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DESCRIPTION:<i>There ought to be due proportion between the seriousness of 
 a fault and the measure of excommunication or discipline. The prioress or 
 abbot determines the gravity of faults.\n\nIf monastics are found guilty o
 f less serious faults\, they will not be allowed to share the common table
 . Members excluded from the common table will conduct themselves as follow
 s: in the oratory they will not lead a psalm or a refrain nor will they re
 cite a reading until they have made satisfaction\, and they will take meal
 s alone\, after the others have eaten. For instance\, if the community eat
 s at noon\, they will eat in midafternoon\; if the community eats in midaf
 ternoon\, they will eat in the evening\, until by proper satisfaction pard
 on is gained.</i>\n\nChapter 24 makes two important points in the psycholo
 gy of punishment and human association: first\, the need to punish is no e
 xcuse for the arbitrary wielding of power and anger and vengeance\; second
 \, sins against community rupture the community and must be recognized as 
 such.\n\nObedience is not a license to destroy another human being for the
  whims and fancies of an authority figure. To be a parent does not give an
 yone the right to beat a child. To be an official does not give anyone--th
 e police\, the president\, the teacher--the right to vent either their for
 ce or their frustration on simple people for doing simple things. The natu
 re of the punishment is always to be weighed against the nature of the off
 ense.\n\nThe pursuit of holiness ought not to be a fearsome thing. Benedic
 tine spirituality is a gentle manifestation of a loving and parenting God 
 who wants us to be all that we can be.\n\nWhat Benedict prescribes is one 
 of two kinds of excommunication. In the first\, for lighter offenses again
 st the unity and peace of the community\, a person is separated from the c
 ommon table and denied the right to lead prayer. In the second\, for more 
 significant attacks on community well-being\, the person is banished from 
 community prayer\, social life and table sharing at the same time.\n\nBene
 dict is teaching very clearly that to disturb the human community is a ser
 ious thing. It makes us outcasts to our own kind. It eats away in the styl
 e of acid at the very things that a community needs to flourish and to be 
 effective--love\, trust and cooperation. And\, Benedict insinuates\, once 
 you have broken the bonds that make a community a community\, a family a f
 amily\, a team a team\, there is no growth possible until we all face the 
 fact.
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LOCATION:Chapter 24
SUMMARY:Degrees of Excommunication
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