The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part II

Part II

• The Book of Pastoral Rule II.1 — How one who has in due order arrived at a place of rule ought to demean himself in it. Of the Life of the Pastor. The conduct of a prelate ought so far to transcend the conduct of the people as the life of a shepherd…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule II.2 — That the ruler should be pure in thought. The ruler should always be pure in thought, inasmuch as no impurity ought to pollute him who has undertaken the office of wiping away the stains of pollution in the hearts of…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule II.3 — That the ruler should be always chief in action. The ruler should always be chief in action, that by his living he may point out the way of life to those that are put under him, and that the flock, which follows the…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule II.4 — That the ruler should be discreet in keeping silence, profitable in speech. The ruler should be discreet in keeping silence, profitable in speech; lest he either utter what ought to be suppressed or suppress what he…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule II.5 — That the ruler should be a near neighbour to every one in compassion, and exalted above all in contemplation. That the ruler should be a near neighbour to every one in compassion, and exalted above all in…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule II.6 — That the ruler should be, through humility, a companion of good livers, but, through the zeal of righteousness, rigid against the vices of evildoers. The ruler should be, through humility, a companion of good livers,…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule II.7 — That the ruler relax not his care for the things that are within in his occupation among the things that are without, nor neglect to provide for the things that are without in his solicitude for the things that are…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule II.8 — That the ruler should not set his heart on pleasing men, and yet should give heed to what ought to please them. That the ruler should not set his heart on pleasing men, and yet should give heed to what ought to…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule II.9 — That the ruler ought to be careful to understand how commonly vices pass themselves off as virtues. That the ruler ought to be careful to understand how commonly vices pass themselves off as virtues. The ruler also…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule II.10 — What the ruler's discrimination should be between correction and connivance, between fervour and gentleness. What the ruler’s discrimination should be between correction and connivance, between fervour and…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule II.11 — How intent the ruler ought to be on meditations in the Sacred Law. But all this is duly executed by a ruler, if, inspired by the spirit of heavenly fear and love, he meditate daily on the precepts of Sacred Writ,…vatican.va