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- Guided by the spirit of the Gospel and with its foundations in the Rule of St Augustine, our Order is ruled by all the laws of the Church and the decrees and privileges which apply to us (see Appendix n. 14), and also by the following:
- the constitutions of the Order;
- ordinations found either in the Book of Constitutions and Ordinations, or in the acts of general chapters;
- the ordinations of the Master of the Order;
- legitimate customs.
- Whenever the word ‘constitution’ is used in our legislation, it bears a strict meaning applicable only to constitutions properly so called; however, the words ‘our laws’ or ‘our legislation’ indicate both constitutions and ordinations (see Appendix n. 1).
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