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The Church Fathers · c. 330–345
The Rules
Pachomius · c. 292–348
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What it is
Regulations for a walled community of monks living, working, eating, and praying together under a superior, with detailed provision for admission, clothing, meals, and correction.
Why it lasted
The invention of communal monasticism as an institution, and the direct ancestor of Basil's rules and Benedict's.
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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