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1John Cassian Collection
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min2CONTENTS
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 18 min3PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4Chapter Vi: The United Doctrine Of The Catholics Is To Be Received As The Orthodox Faith
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 25 min5Chapter Vii: How In Christ The Divinity, Majesty, Might And Power Have Existed In Perfection From Eternity, And Will Con
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 47 min6Chapter Xvi: He Brings Forward The Witness Of God The Father To The Divinity Of The Son
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 74 min7Chapter Xiii: He Explains Who Are Those In Whose Person The Prophet Isaiah Says
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 49 min8Chapter Xv: What The Prayers Of The Saints For The Coming Of Messiah Contained; And What Was The Nature Of That Longing
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 69 min9Chapter Xxiii: That The Figure Synecdoche, In Which The Part Stands For The Whole, Is Very Familiar To The Holy Scriptur
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 86 min10Chapter Xxxi: He Bemoans The Unhappy Lot Of Constantinople, Owing To The Misfortune Which Has Overtaken It From That Her
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 119 min11CONTENTS
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 59 min12PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min13Chapter Xxiii: Of The Discourse Of The Teacher In Regard To The Merits Of His
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 83 min14Chapter Xxvi: The Answer How We Should Not Exceed The Proper Measure Of Food
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 74 min15Chapter Xxii: The Answer; Viz., That Our Free Will Always Has Need Of The Help Of The Lord
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 73 min16Chapter Xxi: Of Those Who Having Made Light Of Great Things Busy Themselves About Trifles
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 58 min17Chapter Xxvii: That Our Battles Are Not Fought With Our Faults In The Same Order As That In Which They Stand In The List
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 77 min18Chapter Xvii: That No One Is Dashed To The Ground By A Sudden Fall
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 64 min19Chapter Xxxiv: The Postponement Of The Answer To The Question Raised
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 88 min20Chapter Xxv: How This That Is Said Of The Devil In The Gospel Is To Be Understood; Viz., That “He Is A Liar, And His Fat
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 76 min21Chapter Xxxvi: Of The Value Of Short And Silent Prayer
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 88 min22Chapter Xiv: The Answer How We Can Gain Stability Of Heart Or Of Thoughts
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 58 min23PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min24Chapter Xv: The Postponement Of The Explanation Which Is Asked For
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 48 min25Chapter Xviii: The Decision Of The Fathers That Free Will Is Not Equal To Save A Man
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 86 min26Chapter Xix: How Often Even Those Who Are Not Worthy Can Receive The Grace Of The Saving Word
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 67 min27Chapter X: A Revelation On The Trial Of Perfect Chastity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 29 min28Chapter Xxviii: How Friendships Entered Upon By Conspiracy Cannot Be Lasting Ones
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 66 min29Chapter Xxx: That No Determination Should Be Made On Those Things Which Concern The Needs Of The Common Life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 92 min30PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min31Chapter Xvi: On The Perfection Of Patience
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 66 min32Chapter Xvi: The Answer Giving The Proofs By Which It Can Be Recognized
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 47 min33Chapter Xii: Wherein We Must Do Penance For A Time Only; And Wherein It Can Have No End
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 40 min34Chapter Xxxvi: The Answer, Telling That This Question Should Be Reserved For Future Conference
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 104 min35Chapter Xxi: That Although We Acknowledge That We Cannot Be Without Sin, Yet Still We Ought Not To Suspend Ourselves Fro
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 84 min36Chapter Xxvi: How The Promise Of An Hundredfold In This Life Is Made To Those Whose Renunciation Is Perfect
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 96 min37CONTENTS
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 58 min38PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min39Chapter Xxiii Of The Discourse Of The Teacher In Regard To The Merits Of His Hearers
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 83 min40Chapter Xxvi The Answer How We Should Not Exceed The Proper Measure Of Food
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 74 min41Chapter Xxii The Answer; Viz., That Our Free Will Always Has Need Of The Help Of The Lord
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 73 min42Chapter Xxi Of Those Who Having Made Light Of Great Things Busy Themselves About Trifles
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 58 min43Chapter Xxvii That Our Battles Are Not Fought With Our Faults In The Same Order As That In Which They Stand In The List
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 77 min44Chapter Xvii That No One Is Dashed To The Ground By A Sudden Fall
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 64 min45Chapter Xxxiv The Postponement Of The Answer To The Question Raised
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 88 min46Chapter Xxv How This That Is Said Of The Devil In The Gospel Is To Be Understood; Viz., That “He Is A Liar, And His Fath
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 76 min47Chapter Xxxvi Of The Value Of Short And Silent Prayer
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 88 min48Chapter Xiv The Answer How We Can Gain Stability Of Heart Or Of Thoughts
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 58 min49PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min50Chapter Xv The Postponement Of The Explanation Which Is Asked For
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 48 min51Chapter Xviii The Decision Of The Fathers That Free Will Is Not Equal To Save A Man
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 86 min52Chapter Xix How Often Even Those Who Are Not Worthy Can Receive The Grace Of The Saving Word
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 67 min53Chapter X A Revelation On The Trial Of Perfect Chastity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 29 min54Chapter Xxviii How Friendships Entered Upon By Conspiracy Cannot Be Lasting Ones
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 65 min55Chapter Xxx That No Determination Should Be Made On Those Things Which Concern The Needs Of The Common Life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 92 min56PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min57Chapter Xvi On The Perfection Of Patience
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 66 min58Chapter Xvi The Answer Giving The Proofs By Which It Can Be Recognized
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 47 min59Chapter Xii Wherein We Must Do Penance For A Time Only; And Wherein It Can Have No End
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 40 min60Chapter Xxxvi The Answer, Telling That This Question Should Be Reserved For A Future Conference
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 104 min61Chapter Xxi That Although We Acknowledge That We Cannot Be Without Sin, Yet Still We Ought Not To Suspend Ourselves From
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 84 min62Chapter Xxvi How The Promise Of An Hundredfold In This Life Is Made To Those Whose Renunciation Is Perfect
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 96 min63CONTENTS
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 37 min64PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min65Chapter Xi: Of The Spiritual Girdle And Its Mystical Meaning
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 22 min66Chapter Xviii: How They Do Not Kneel From The Evening Of Saturday Till The Evening Of Sunday
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 42 min67Chapter Xii: Of The Days On Which, When Supper Is Provided For The Brethren, A Psalm Is Not Said As They Assemble For Th
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 33 min68Chapter Xliii: Recapitulation Of The Explanation How A Monk Can Mount Up Towards Perfection
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 88 min69Chapter Xli: The Saying Of Abbot Macarius Of The Behaviour Of A Monk As One Who Was To Live For A Long While, And As One
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 91 min70Chapter Xxxi: That No One Can Get The Better Of Covetousness Unless He Stays In The Coenobium: And How One Can Remain Th
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 54 min71Chapter Xxii: The Remedies By Which We Can Root Out Anger From Our Hearts
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 41 min72Chapter Xiii: The Means By Which We Can Root Out Dejection From Our Hearts
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 14 min73Chapter Xxv: The Words Of Abbot Moses Which He Said To Me About The Cure Of Accidie
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 54 min74Chapter Xix: Remedies By Which We Can Overcome Vainglory
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 28 min75Chapter Xxxiii: Remedies Against The Evil Of Pride
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 68 min
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min2CONTENTS
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 18 min3PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4Chapter Vi: The United Doctrine Of The Catholics Is To Be Received As The Orthodox Faith
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 25 min5Chapter Vii: How In Christ The Divinity, Majesty, Might And Power Have Existed In Perfection From Eternity, And Will Con
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 47 min6Chapter Xvi: He Brings Forward The Witness Of God The Father To The Divinity Of The Son
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 74 min7Chapter Xiii: He Explains Who Are Those In Whose Person The Prophet Isaiah Says
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 49 min8Chapter Xv: What The Prayers Of The Saints For The Coming Of Messiah Contained; And What Was The Nature Of That Longing
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 69 min9Chapter Xxiii: That The Figure Synecdoche, In Which The Part Stands For The Whole, Is Very Familiar To The Holy Scriptur
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 86 min10Chapter Xxxi: He Bemoans The Unhappy Lot Of Constantinople, Owing To The Misfortune Which Has Overtaken It From That Her
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 119 min11CONTENTS
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 59 min12PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min13Chapter Xxiii: Of The Discourse Of The Teacher In Regard To The Merits Of His
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 83 min14Chapter Xxvi: The Answer How We Should Not Exceed The Proper Measure Of Food
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 74 min15Chapter Xxii: The Answer; Viz., That Our Free Will Always Has Need Of The Help Of The Lord
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 73 min16Chapter Xxi: Of Those Who Having Made Light Of Great Things Busy Themselves About Trifles
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 58 min17Chapter Xxvii: That Our Battles Are Not Fought With Our Faults In The Same Order As That In Which They Stand In The List
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 77 min18Chapter Xvii: That No One Is Dashed To The Ground By A Sudden Fall
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 64 min19Chapter Xxxiv: The Postponement Of The Answer To The Question Raised
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 88 min20Chapter Xxv: How This That Is Said Of The Devil In The Gospel Is To Be Understood; Viz., That “He Is A Liar, And His Fat
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 76 min21Chapter Xxxvi: Of The Value Of Short And Silent Prayer
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 88 min22Chapter Xiv: The Answer How We Can Gain Stability Of Heart Or Of Thoughts
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 58 min23PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min24Chapter Xv: The Postponement Of The Explanation Which Is Asked For
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 48 min25Chapter Xviii: The Decision Of The Fathers That Free Will Is Not Equal To Save A Man
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 86 min26Chapter Xix: How Often Even Those Who Are Not Worthy Can Receive The Grace Of The Saving Word
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 67 min27Chapter X: A Revelation On The Trial Of Perfect Chastity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 29 min28Chapter Xxviii: How Friendships Entered Upon By Conspiracy Cannot Be Lasting Ones
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 66 min29Chapter Xxx: That No Determination Should Be Made On Those Things Which Concern The Needs Of The Common Life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 92 min30PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min31Chapter Xvi: On The Perfection Of Patience
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 66 min32Chapter Xvi: The Answer Giving The Proofs By Which It Can Be Recognized
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 47 min33Chapter Xii: Wherein We Must Do Penance For A Time Only; And Wherein It Can Have No End
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 40 min34Chapter Xxxvi: The Answer, Telling That This Question Should Be Reserved For Future Conference
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 104 min35Chapter Xxi: That Although We Acknowledge That We Cannot Be Without Sin, Yet Still We Ought Not To Suspend Ourselves Fro
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 84 min36Chapter Xxvi: How The Promise Of An Hundredfold In This Life Is Made To Those Whose Renunciation Is Perfect
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 96 min37CONTENTS
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 58 min38PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min39Chapter Xxiii Of The Discourse Of The Teacher In Regard To The Merits Of His Hearers
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 83 min40Chapter Xxvi The Answer How We Should Not Exceed The Proper Measure Of Food
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 74 min41Chapter Xxii The Answer; Viz., That Our Free Will Always Has Need Of The Help Of The Lord
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 73 min42Chapter Xxi Of Those Who Having Made Light Of Great Things Busy Themselves About Trifles
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 58 min43Chapter Xxvii That Our Battles Are Not Fought With Our Faults In The Same Order As That In Which They Stand In The List
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 77 min44Chapter Xvii That No One Is Dashed To The Ground By A Sudden Fall
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 64 min45Chapter Xxxiv The Postponement Of The Answer To The Question Raised
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 88 min46Chapter Xxv How This That Is Said Of The Devil In The Gospel Is To Be Understood; Viz., That “He Is A Liar, And His Fath
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 76 min47Chapter Xxxvi Of The Value Of Short And Silent Prayer
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 88 min48Chapter Xiv The Answer How We Can Gain Stability Of Heart Or Of Thoughts
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 58 min49PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min50Chapter Xv The Postponement Of The Explanation Which Is Asked For
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 48 min51Chapter Xviii The Decision Of The Fathers That Free Will Is Not Equal To Save A Man
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 86 min52Chapter Xix How Often Even Those Who Are Not Worthy Can Receive The Grace Of The Saving Word
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 67 min53Chapter X A Revelation On The Trial Of Perfect Chastity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 29 min54Chapter Xxviii How Friendships Entered Upon By Conspiracy Cannot Be Lasting Ones
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 65 min55Chapter Xxx That No Determination Should Be Made On Those Things Which Concern The Needs Of The Common Life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 92 min56PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min57Chapter Xvi On The Perfection Of Patience
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 66 min58Chapter Xvi The Answer Giving The Proofs By Which It Can Be Recognized
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 47 min59Chapter Xii Wherein We Must Do Penance For A Time Only; And Wherein It Can Have No End
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 40 min60Chapter Xxxvi The Answer, Telling That This Question Should Be Reserved For A Future Conference
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 104 min61Chapter Xxi That Although We Acknowledge That We Cannot Be Without Sin, Yet Still We Ought Not To Suspend Ourselves From
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 84 min62Chapter Xxvi How The Promise Of An Hundredfold In This Life Is Made To Those Whose Renunciation Is Perfect
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 96 min63CONTENTS
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 37 min64PREFACE
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min65Chapter Xi: Of The Spiritual Girdle And Its Mystical Meaning
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 22 min66Chapter Xviii: How They Do Not Kneel From The Evening Of Saturday Till The Evening Of Sunday
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 42 min67Chapter Xii: Of The Days On Which, When Supper Is Provided For The Brethren, A Psalm Is Not Said As They Assemble For Th
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 33 min68Chapter Xliii: Recapitulation Of The Explanation How A Monk Can Mount Up Towards Perfection
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 88 min69Chapter Xli: The Saying Of Abbot Macarius Of The Behaviour Of A Monk As One Who Was To Live For A Long While, And As One
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 91 min70Chapter Xxxi: That No One Can Get The Better Of Covetousness Unless He Stays In The Coenobium: And How One Can Remain Th
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 54 min71Chapter Xxii: The Remedies By Which We Can Root Out Anger From Our Hearts
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 41 min72Chapter Xiii: The Means By Which We Can Root Out Dejection From Our Hearts
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 14 min73Chapter Xxv: The Words Of Abbot Moses Which He Said To Me About The Cure Of Accidie
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 54 min74Chapter Xix: Remedies By Which We Can Overcome Vainglory
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 28 min75Chapter Xxxiii: Remedies Against The Evil Of Pride
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 68 min
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