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Monks and nuns of St. Benedict make three solemn vows of Obedience, Stability, and Conversatio Morum.

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The three vows that monk Benedict made were:

  • poverty
  • chastity
  • and obedience.
This means that the monk would free himself from worldly possessions and desires, sexual intimacy, and he would obey his superiors in religious life.
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