Rule of St. Albert

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The Rule of St. Albert is the foundational Carmelite rule of life, originally given to hermits on Mount Carmel in the 13th century, emphasizing contemplative prayer, community, and austerity.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rule of St. Albert canonical 4
Rule of Saint Albert 1
Rule of St Albert 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Carmelite rule ⓘ
monastic rule ⓘ
religious rule ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Carmelite Rule ⓘ
Rule of the Carmelites ⓘ
linked to: Rule of Saint Clare
approvedBy Pope Innocent IV ⓘ
author Albert Avogadro ⓘ
century 13th century ⓘ
containsProvision common refectory and common dormitory practices ⓘ
election of a prior by the community ⓘ
enclosure of the hermits ⓘ
individual cells for the hermits ⓘ
obedience to the prior ⓘ
observance of fasting except on Sundays and solemnities ⓘ
practice of silence from after Compline until after Prime ⓘ
reading of Scripture during meals ⓘ
regular spiritual conferences with the prior ⓘ
requirement to celebrate daily Mass when possible ⓘ
requirement to have a chapel in the midst of the cells ⓘ
dateWritten c. 1206–1214 ⓘ
emphasis austerity ⓘ
chastity ⓘ
common life in community ⓘ
community life ⓘ
contemplative prayer ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
lectio divina ⓘ
liturgical prayer ⓘ
manual work ⓘ
obedience ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
silence ⓘ
solitude ⓘ
genre canonical text ⓘ
historicalContext Crusader States in the Holy Land ⓘ
linked to: Crusader states
influenced Carmelite spirituality ⓘ
Discalced Carmelite reform ⓘ
John of the Cross ⓘ
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz

Teresa of Ávila ⓘ
inForceFor Carmelite friars ⓘ
linked to: Carmelite Order

Carmelite nuns ⓘ
Carmelite secular institutes and lay Carmelites ⓘ
keyTheme fraternal charity ⓘ
living in allegiance to Jesus Christ ⓘ
meditating day and night on the law of the Lord ⓘ
perseverance in prayer ⓘ
spiritual warfare ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
laterConfirmedBy Pope Clement V ⓘ
Pope Honorius III ⓘ
Pope Innocent VIII ⓘ
laterDevelopment adapted for mendicant life in Europe ⓘ
legalStatus approved rule of life in the Catholic Church ⓘ
length short rule ⓘ
namedAfter Albert of Jerusalem ⓘ
originalCommunity Latin hermits living on Mount Carmel ⓘ
papalApprovalDate 1247 ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Holy Land ⓘ
Mount Carmel ⓘ
primaryPurpose to regulate the life of hermits on Mount Carmel ⓘ
religiousFamily Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel ⓘ
religiousOrder Carmelite Order ⓘ
religiousTradition Catholic Church ⓘ
spiritualFocus Christocentric contemplation ⓘ
Marian devotion ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel → ruleKnownAs → Rule of St Albert ⓘ
linked to: Rule of St. Albert
Carmelite nuns → followsRuleOf → Rule of St. Albert ⓘ
Carmelite Order → followsRuleOf → Rule of St. Albert ⓘ
Carmel of Lisieux → followsRule → Rule of Saint Albert ⓘ
linked to: Rule of St. Albert
Cologne Carmel → followsRule → Rule of St. Albert ⓘ