The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults

Saint John Cassian the Roman · the golden age of the Fathers · 11 parts

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• The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults — Book 1 (John Cassian) · 11 paragraphsOf the Dress of the Monks. Chapter I. Of the Monk's Girdle. Of the Monk’s Girdle. As we are going to speak of the customs and rules of the…
• The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults — Book 2 (John Cassian) · 22 paragraphsOf the Canonical System of the Nocturnal Prayers and Psalms. Chapter I. Of the Canonical System of the Nocturnal Prayers and Psalms. Of the Canonical…
• The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults — Book 3 (John Cassian) · 17 paragraphsOf the Canonical System of the Daily Prayers and Psalms. Chapter I. Of the services of the third, sixth, and ninth hours, which are observed in the…
• The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults — Book 4 (John Cassian) · 46 paragraphsOf the Institutes of the Renunciants. Chapter I. Of the training of those who renounce this world, and of the way in which those are taught among the…
• The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults — Book 5 (John Cassian) · 48 paragraphsOf the Spirit of Gluttony. Chapter I. The transition from the Institutes of the monks to the struggle against the eight principal faults. The…
• The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults — Book 7 (John Cassian) · 29 paragraphsOf the Spirit of Covetousness. Chapter I. How our warfare with covetousness is a foreign one, and how this fault is not a natural one in man, as the…
• The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults — Book 8 (John Cassian) · 21 paragraphsOf the Spirit of Anger. Chapter I. How our fourth conflict is against the sin of anger, and how many evils this passion produces. How our fourth…
• The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults — Book 9 (John Cassian) · 7 paragraphsOf the Spirit of Dejection. Chapter I. How our fifth combat is against the spirit of dejection, and of the harm which it inflicts upon the soul. How…
• The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults — Book 10 (John Cassian) · 29 paragraphsOf the Spirit of Accidie. Chapter I. How our sixth combat is against the spirit of accidie, and what its character is. How our sixth combat is…
• The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults — Book 11 (John Cassian) · 15 paragraphsOf the Spirit of Vainglory. Chapter I. How our seventh combat is against the spirit of vainglory, and what its nature. How our seventh combat is…
• The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults — Book 12 (John Cassian) · 35 paragraphsOf the Spirit of Pride. Chapter I. How our eighth combat is against the spirit of pride, and of its character. How our eighth combat is against the…