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Excerpt from Customary Of The Benedictine Monasteries Of Saint Augustine, Canterbury, And Saint Peter, Westminster, Vol. 2
This question of the length of time that such a compilation would occupy naturally suggests another, viz., how far Ware's customary is to be regarded as an original work. The rules and observances of the Benedictine monasteries of course followed, in the first instance, the general rule of the founder of the Order; but the variations and particular practices which would grow up in the several houses, and in course of time become fixed and peculiar to them, would, by reason of their complexity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
