Stabilitas loci
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Stabilitas loci ( Latin for “constancy of the place”, “locality”), sometimes also called stability , is the permanent bond of a monk or nun to a particular monastery . It is praised in the Benedictine order ( Benedictines , Cistercians , Trappists ) but also among the Premonstratensians when they profess . The members of these orders do not take the vows of poverty , celibate chastity and obedience when they make profession , but instead vow stability (Stabilitas loci) , monastic life and obedience. In the Rule of Benedict it says:
“During the recording, he promised constancy, monastic life and obedience in the presence of all people in the oratorio . [...] About his promise he will write a document in the name of the saints whose relics are there and the abbot who is present . He wrote this document with his own hand and placed it on the altar . "
As a rule, the stabilitas loci binds the professed to the community in which the monk or nun has entered for the whole of religious life. According to the Constitutions, however, it can also be transferred to another monastery, for example in the event of a new foundation or permanent life in another monastery of the order.
The vow of Stabilitas distinguishes the Benedictine orders from the later founded mendicant orders of the Franciscans , Dominicans and Carmelites , whose members, due to the nature of their life, especially the male order members who work as preachers and teachers in the cities, gave up the locality.
See also
literature
- Georg Schwaiger (Ed.): Monasticism, orders, monasteries. from the beginning to the present (= Beck'sche series. 1554). CH Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-49483-8 , p. 415.
- Basilius Steidle (ed.): The Benedictus rule. Latin - German. 4th edition. Beuroner Kunstverlag, Beuron 1980, ISBN 3-87071-023-3 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Regula Benedicti, chap. 58, 17, 19-20.