What the Measure of Excommunication Should Be
Mar. 1—July 1—Oct. 31
The measure of excommunication or of chastisement should correspond to
the degree of fault, which degree is estimated by the Abbot’s judgment.
If a brother is found guilty of lighter faults, let him be excluded from
the common table. Now the program for one deprived of the fellowship of
the table shall be as follows: In the oratory he shall intone neither
Psalm nor antiphon nor shall he recite a lesson until he has made
satisfaction; in the refectory he shall take his food alone after the
community meal, so that if the brethren eat at the sixth hour, for
instance, that brother shall eat at the ninth, while if they eat at the
ninth hour he shall eat in the evening, until by a suitable satisfaction
he obtains pardon.