Chapter 31 pt. 2
The Rule of Benedict November 8
The instructions for the cellarer given here point to the heart of Christian authority as self-sacrificial service. The cellarer serves in a spirit of peace in the midst of the community. Jesus lays it out in Matthew 20: 25-28:
But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many."
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