Cassian, John. Conferences

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Cassian, John; Luibheid, Colm [translator]. Conferences; Introduction by Owen Chadwick. New York: Paulist Press, 1985. ISBN: 9780317180831. [7269] Former library copy, binding has light bumps to corners, text is clean, has standard library markups. No dust jacket, as issued. Good. Hardcover. "John Cassian (c. 365-c. 435) journeyed to the West to found monasteries in Marseilles and the region of Provence. Conferences is his masterpiece, a study of the Egyptian ideal of the monk."Contents: The Goal or Objective of the MonkOn DiscernmentThe Three RenunciationsOn PrayerOn PrayerOn PerfectionOn Spiritual KnowledgeThe Gifts of GodThe Three Kinds of Monk Show more