John Cassian Collection

Name: John Cassian Collection
Author: John Cassian

John Cassian

Early Church

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Chapters 75

JOHN CASSIAN COLLECTION ≈ 1 min
CONTENTS ≈ 18 min
PREFACE ≈ 5 min
CHAPTER VI: THE UNITED DOCTRINE OF THE CATHOLICS IS TO BE RECEIVED AS THE ORTHODOX FAITH ≈ 25 min
CHAPTER VII: HOW IN CHRIST THE DIVINITY, MAJESTY, MIGHT AND POWER HAVE EXISTED IN PERFECTION FROM ETERNITY, AND WILL CON ≈ 47 min
CHAPTER XVI: HE BRINGS FORWARD THE WITNESS OF GOD THE FATHER TO THE DIVINITY OF THE SON ≈ 74 min
CHAPTER XIII: HE EXPLAINS WHO ARE THOSE IN WHOSE PERSON THE PROPHET ISAIAH SAYS ≈ 49 min
CHAPTER XV: WHAT THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS FOR THE COMING OF MESSIAH CONTAINED; AND WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THAT LONGING ≈ 69 min
CHAPTER XXIII: THAT THE FIGURE SYNECDOCHE, IN WHICH THE PART STANDS FOR THE WHOLE, IS VERY FAMILIAR TO THE HOLY SCRIPTUR ≈ 86 min
CHAPTER XXXI: HE BEMOANS THE UNHAPPY LOT OF CONSTANTINOPLE, OWING TO THE MISFORTUNE WHICH HAS OVERTAKEN IT FROM THAT HER ≈ 119 min
CONTENTS ≈ 59 min
PREFACE ≈ 7 min
CHAPTER XXIII: OF THE DISCOURSE OF THE TEACHER IN REGARD TO THE MERITS OF HIS ≈ 83 min
CHAPTER XXVI: THE ANSWER HOW WE SHOULD NOT EXCEED THE PROPER MEASURE OF FOOD ≈ 74 min
CHAPTER XXII: THE ANSWER; VIZ., THAT OUR FREE WILL ALWAYS HAS NEED OF THE HELP OF THE LORD ≈ 73 min
CHAPTER XXI: OF THOSE WHO HAVING MADE LIGHT OF GREAT THINGS BUSY THEMSELVES ABOUT TRIFLES ≈ 58 min
CHAPTER XXVII: THAT OUR BATTLES ARE NOT FOUGHT WITH OUR FAULTS IN THE SAME ORDER AS THAT IN WHICH THEY STAND IN THE LIST ≈ 77 min
CHAPTER XVII: THAT NO ONE IS DASHED TO THE GROUND BY A SUDDEN FALL ≈ 64 min
CHAPTER XXXIV: THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION RAISED ≈ 88 min
CHAPTER 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 ≈ 76 min
CHAPTER XXXVI: OF THE VALUE OF SHORT AND SILENT PRAYER ≈ 88 min
CHAPTER XIV: THE ANSWER HOW WE CAN GAIN STABILITY OF HEART OR OF THOUGHTS ≈ 58 min
PREFACE ≈ 3 min
CHAPTER XV: THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE EXPLANATION WHICH IS ASKED FOR ≈ 48 min
CHAPTER XVIII: THE DECISION OF THE FATHERS THAT FREE WILL IS NOT EQUAL TO SAVE A MAN ≈ 86 min
CHAPTER XIX: HOW OFTEN EVEN THOSE WHO ARE NOT WORTHY CAN RECEIVE THE GRACE OF THE SAVING WORD ≈ 67 min
CHAPTER X: A REVELATION ON THE TRIAL OF PERFECT CHASTITY ≈ 29 min
CHAPTER XXVIII: HOW FRIENDSHIPS ENTERED UPON BY CONSPIRACY CANNOT BE LASTING ONES ≈ 66 min
CHAPTER XXX: THAT NO DETERMINATION SHOULD BE MADE ON THOSE THINGS WHICH CONCERN THE NEEDS OF THE COMMON LIFE ≈ 92 min
PREFACE ≈ 3 min
CHAPTER XVI: ON THE PERFECTION OF PATIENCE ≈ 66 min
CHAPTER XVI: THE ANSWER GIVING THE PROOFS BY WHICH IT CAN BE RECOGNIZED ≈ 47 min
CHAPTER XII: WHEREIN WE MUST DO PENANCE FOR A TIME ONLY; AND WHEREIN IT CAN HAVE NO END ≈ 40 min
CHAPTER XXXVI: THE ANSWER, TELLING THAT THIS QUESTION SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR FUTURE CONFERENCE ≈ 104 min
CHAPTER XXI: THAT ALTHOUGH WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE CANNOT BE WITHOUT SIN, YET STILL WE OUGHT NOT TO SUSPEND OURSELVES FRO ≈ 84 min
CHAPTER XXVI: HOW THE PROMISE OF AN HUNDREDFOLD IN THIS LIFE IS MADE TO THOSE WHOSE RENUNCIATION IS PERFECT ≈ 96 min
CONTENTS ≈ 58 min
PREFACE ≈ 7 min
CHAPTER XXIII OF THE DISCOURSE OF THE TEACHER IN REGARD TO THE MERITS OF HIS HEARERS ≈ 83 min
CHAPTER XXVI THE ANSWER HOW WE SHOULD NOT EXCEED THE PROPER MEASURE OF FOOD ≈ 74 min
CHAPTER XXII THE ANSWER; VIZ., THAT OUR FREE WILL ALWAYS HAS NEED OF THE HELP OF THE LORD ≈ 73 min
CHAPTER XXI OF THOSE WHO HAVING MADE LIGHT OF GREAT THINGS BUSY THEMSELVES ABOUT TRIFLES ≈ 58 min
CHAPTER XXVII THAT OUR BATTLES ARE NOT FOUGHT WITH OUR FAULTS IN THE SAME ORDER AS THAT IN WHICH THEY STAND IN THE LIST ≈ 77 min
CHAPTER XVII THAT NO ONE IS DASHED TO THE GROUND BY A SUDDEN FALL ≈ 64 min
CHAPTER XXXIV THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION RAISED ≈ 88 min
CHAPTER 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 ≈ 76 min
CHAPTER XXXVI OF THE VALUE OF SHORT AND SILENT PRAYER ≈ 88 min
CHAPTER XIV THE ANSWER HOW WE CAN GAIN STABILITY OF HEART OR OF THOUGHTS ≈ 58 min
PREFACE ≈ 3 min
CHAPTER XV THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE EXPLANATION WHICH IS ASKED FOR ≈ 48 min
CHAPTER XVIII THE DECISION OF THE FATHERS THAT FREE WILL IS NOT EQUAL TO SAVE A MAN ≈ 86 min
CHAPTER XIX HOW OFTEN EVEN THOSE WHO ARE NOT WORTHY CAN RECEIVE THE GRACE OF THE SAVING WORD ≈ 67 min
CHAPTER X A REVELATION ON THE TRIAL OF PERFECT CHASTITY ≈ 29 min
CHAPTER XXVIII HOW FRIENDSHIPS ENTERED UPON BY CONSPIRACY CANNOT BE LASTING ONES ≈ 65 min
CHAPTER XXX THAT NO DETERMINATION SHOULD BE MADE ON THOSE THINGS WHICH CONCERN THE NEEDS OF THE COMMON LIFE ≈ 92 min
PREFACE ≈ 3 min
CHAPTER XVI ON THE PERFECTION OF PATIENCE ≈ 66 min
CHAPTER XVI THE ANSWER GIVING THE PROOFS BY WHICH IT CAN BE RECOGNIZED ≈ 47 min
CHAPTER XII WHEREIN WE MUST DO PENANCE FOR A TIME ONLY; AND WHEREIN IT CAN HAVE NO END ≈ 40 min
CHAPTER XXXVI THE ANSWER, TELLING THAT THIS QUESTION SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR A FUTURE CONFERENCE ≈ 104 min
CHAPTER XXI THAT ALTHOUGH WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE CANNOT BE WITHOUT SIN, YET STILL WE OUGHT NOT TO SUSPEND OURSELVES FROM ≈ 84 min
CHAPTER XXVI HOW THE PROMISE OF AN HUNDREDFOLD IN THIS LIFE IS MADE TO THOSE WHOSE RENUNCIATION IS PERFECT ≈ 96 min
CONTENTS ≈ 37 min
PREFACE ≈ 11 min
CHAPTER XI: OF THE SPIRITUAL GIRDLE AND ITS MYSTICAL MEANING ≈ 22 min
CHAPTER XVIII: HOW THEY DO NOT KNEEL FROM THE EVENING OF SATURDAY TILL THE EVENING OF SUNDAY ≈ 42 min
CHAPTER XII: OF THE DAYS ON WHICH, WHEN SUPPER IS PROVIDED FOR THE BRETHREN, A PSALM IS NOT SAID AS THEY ASSEMBLE FOR TH ≈ 33 min
CHAPTER XLIII: RECAPITULATION OF THE EXPLANATION HOW A MONK CAN MOUNT UP TOWARDS PERFECTION ≈ 88 min
CHAPTER 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 ≈ 91 min
CHAPTER XXXI: THAT NO ONE CAN GET THE BETTER OF COVETOUSNESS UNLESS HE STAYS IN THE COENOBIUM: AND HOW ONE CAN REMAIN TH ≈ 54 min
CHAPTER XXII: THE REMEDIES BY WHICH WE CAN ROOT OUT ANGER FROM OUR HEARTS ≈ 41 min
CHAPTER XIII: THE MEANS BY WHICH WE CAN ROOT OUT DEJECTION FROM OUR HEARTS ≈ 14 min
CHAPTER XXV: THE WORDS OF ABBOT MOSES WHICH HE SAID TO ME ABOUT THE CURE OF ACCIDIE ≈ 54 min
CHAPTER XIX: REMEDIES BY WHICH WE CAN OVERCOME VAINGLORY ≈ 28 min
CHAPTER XXXIII: REMEDIES AGAINST THE EVIL OF PRIDE ≈ 68 min

Author	John Cassian
Language	English
Era	Early Church
Categories	Early Church · Christian Classics
Length	75 chapters · ≈ 72 h 26 min read
Formats	Web Book · EPUB

John Cassian Collection

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