The Canons Regular of Prémontré follow the
Rule of St. Augustine and as such are members of the wider Augustinian
family of canons, friars and hermits. At the beginning of communal life at Prémontré there was some debate as to the form and rule of life that was to be followed by the disciples of St. Norbert. St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, appeared to Norbert and gave him his rule, saying: "I am Augustine, Bishop of Hippo; behold here the rule which I have written; if your fellow-brethren, my sons, shall have observed it well, they shall stand without fear in the presence of Christ on the terrible day of the last judgment".
In addition to the Rule, the Constitutions of the Order are also a guide of our life.