CHAPTER LV
OF THE CLOTHES AND SHOES
OF THE BRETHREN

Rule of St Benedict for the Day

The juniors, therefore, shall honour their seniors, and the seniors love their juniors. In addressing one another, let them never use the bare name; but let a senior call his junior ‘Brother’, and a junior call his senior ‘Nonnus’, which signifies ‘Reverend Father’. But let the abbot, since he is believed to hold the place of Christ, be called Lord and Abbot, not for any pretensions of his own, .. read more »