itate , ▁una ▁reg ula , ▁sim ilib us que ▁viv am us ▁mor ibus ▁( may ▁we ▁all ▁live ▁in ▁one ▁love , ▁under ▁one ▁rule ▁and ▁with ▁like ▁custom s ). ▁This ▁statement , ▁as ▁indeed ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁stat ute ' s ▁content , ▁plays ▁only ▁a ▁symbol ic ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁C ister cian ▁Order ▁of ▁our ▁day . ▁Since ▁the ▁system ▁of ▁fil iation ▁gave ▁way ▁to ▁a ▁network ▁of ▁con greg ations ▁in ▁the ▁Late ▁Middle ▁A ges , ▁the ▁famous ▁system ▁of ▁fil iation ▁no ▁longer ▁exists , ▁making ▁the ▁medieval ▁stat utes ▁impossible ▁to ▁implement . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Bey ond ▁its ▁success ▁within ▁the ▁C ister cian ▁Order , ▁the ▁Cart a ▁proved ▁influ ential ▁at ▁the ▁Four th ▁Later an ▁Council . ▁Ann ual ▁general ▁chap ters ▁were ▁port rayed ▁there ▁as ▁exempl ary ▁and ▁made ▁oblig atory ▁for ▁new ▁mon astic ▁orders , ▁which ▁were ▁multip lying ▁rapidly ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁Later ▁pop es ▁continued ▁to ▁hold ▁the ▁Cart a ▁in ▁high ▁este em , ▁one ▁of ▁them ▁calling ▁it ▁a ▁tre asure ▁tro ve ▁of ▁virt ues . ▁ ▁Vers ions ▁ ▁For ▁centuries , ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁argued ▁about ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁Stephen ▁Hard ing ▁was ▁the ▁Cart a ' s ▁author . ▁As ▁a ▁constitution ▁it ▁was ▁certainly ▁a ▁collabor ative ▁effort , ▁as ▁almost ▁all ▁constitution al ▁texts ▁are . ▁Two ▁important ▁develop ments ▁in ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁( F ather ▁Tib ur