TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cassian,John
AU  - Ramsey,Boniface
TI  - John Cassian, the institutes
T2  - Ancient Christian writers
SN  - 9780809105229
AV  - BR60.R183.J646 2000 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Newman Press
KW  - Monastic and religious life
KW  - Early works to 1800
KW  - Vices
N1  - 2; 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; 2
N2  - "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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