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The Medieval Church · c. 1490–1508
The Monastic Rule
Ustav
Nil Sorsky · c. 1433–1508
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What it is
A rule for small skete communities built on hesychast prayer of the heart, on the analysis of the passions, and on monasteries owning no villages or serfs.
Why it lasted
The founding text of the Non-Possessor movement in Russia, and the counterweight to Joseph of Volokolamsk's landed monasticism.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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