John Cassian, the institutes / translated and annotated by Boniface Ramsey. [print]

By:

Cassian, John, approximately 360-approximately 435 [Author]

Contributor(s):

Ramsey, Boniface

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780809105229

Other title:

Institutes

Uniform titles:

De institutis coenobiorum et de octo principalium vitiorum remediis libri XII. English

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

BR60.R183.J646 2000
BR60

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Contents:

The canonical method of the nighttime prayers and psalms -- The canonical method of the daytime prayers and psalms -- The institutes of the renunciants -- The spirit of gluttony -- The spirit of fornication -- The spirit of avarice -- The spirit of anger -- The spirit of sadness -- The spirit of Acedia -- The spirit of vainglory -- The spirit of pride.

Review: "The Institutes is the first written work of John Cassian, a man who had an immense influence on Western monasticism and, by extension, on Western civilization. A native of Dacia, Cassian (c. 360-430) joined a monastery in Bethlehem in his early adult years. From Palestine, Cassian and his traveling companion, Germanus, visited Egypt several times." "Although Cassian eventually settled in Marseilles, his experience of Egyptian monasticism left an indelible impression on his life. It is the wisdom he learned there that he shares in The Institutes as well as in his later "companion piece," The Conferences." "The Institutes consists of two sections. In the first, Cassian deals with the institutes and rules of Egyptian monasteries, including monastic garb and forms of prayer. The balance of the work treats the eight principal vices (gluttony, fornication, avarice, anger, sadness, acedia, vainglory, and pride) and discusses strategies for countering their effects."--Jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BR60.I578.C377 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001695598

Includes bibliographies and index.

The garb of the monks -- The canonical method of the nighttime prayers and psalms -- The canonical method of the daytime prayers and psalms -- The institutes of the renunciants -- The spirit of gluttony -- The spirit of fornication -- The spirit of avarice -- The spirit of anger -- The spirit of sadness -- The spirit of Acedia -- The spirit of vainglory -- The spirit of pride.

"The Institutes is the first written work of John Cassian, a man who had an immense influence on Western monasticism and, by extension, on Western civilization. A native of Dacia, Cassian (c. 360-430) joined a monastery in Bethlehem in his early adult years. From Palestine, Cassian and his traveling companion, Germanus, visited Egypt several times." "Although Cassian eventually settled in Marseilles, his experience of Egyptian monasticism left an indelible impression on his life. It is the wisdom he learned there that he shares in The Institutes as well as in his later "companion piece," The Conferences." "The Institutes consists of two sections. In the first, Cassian deals with the institutes and rules of Egyptian monasteries, including monastic garb and forms of prayer. The balance of the work treats the eight principal vices (gluttony, fornication, avarice, anger, sadness, acedia, vainglory, and pride) and discusses strategies for countering their effects."--Jacket.

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