The Works of John Cassian
By John Cassian
Translated by Edgar C. S. Gibson
The Christian Literature Company, New York, 1894
First written 420s
In the public domain
About this text
Gibson’s translation of Cassian’s Institutes and Conferences, the record of the Egyptian monks’ teaching on the eight vices, discretion, chastity, grace and unceasing prayer, as it was passed to the Latin West.
How to cite
John Cassian. The Works of John Cassian: In A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, vol. 11. Translated by Edgar C. S. Gibson. The Christian Literature Company, New York, 1894.
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