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  LET THE BROTHER WHO IS GUILTY OF A WEIGHTIER FAULT
  by St. Benedict of Nursia
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Summary: A brother who has committed a weightier fault should be
excluded from the community and treated with discipline and isolation,
in order to allow him to focus on his repentance and spiritual growth.

Topics: "Church Discipline", "Repentance"
Scripture References: Proverbs 27:17, Matthew 18:15, 1 Corinthians 5:5, Galatians 6:1, 2 Thessalonians 3:14

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St. Benedict of Nursia emphasizes the importance of discipline and
accountability within the community of believers, particularly when
dealing with those guilty of serious offenses. He instructs that those
who have committed weightier faults should be excluded from fellowship
and left to reflect on their actions in solitude, following the guidance
of the Abbot. This period of penitential sorrow is meant to lead to
repentance and spiritual growth, as highlighted in the Apostle's warning
about the consequences of such behavior.

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CONTENT
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Let the brother who is guilty of a weightier fault be excluded both from
the table and from the oratory. Let none of the brethren join him either
for company or for conversation. Let him be alone at the work assigned
him, abiding in penitential sorrow and pondering that terrible sentence
of the Apostle where he says that a man of that kind is handed over for
the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of
the Lord (1 Cor. 5:5). Let him take his meals alone in the measure and
at the hour which the Abbot shall consider suitable for him. He shall
not be blessed by those who pass by, nor shall the food that is given
him be blessed.

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