What would St. Benedict have thought of the monasteries that followed his rules by 800 AD?

St. Benadict was trying to found a new rule of Christian ideas in Europe. He was trying to stabilize the area after the fall of the Roman Empire. He wrote a book of rules on how to humble and obedient. He also wrote rules about how to be a good member of a community and also how to run a ministry correctly. He would have thought that the ministries that fallowed his rule were trying to fallow his ideas. The church was corrupted by the Lords who owned its land. The reform was stared so that the laws created by Benadict could still be enforced. He would have supported this peace loving movement.

Source:

Benedict of Nursia. Web. 13 Apr. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Benedict.

Picture Source:

Fra Angelico 031.jpg. Web. 13 Apr. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fra_Angelico_031.jpg.