John Cassian: The Institutes

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Our Price:  £31.95(VAT Free) –+ Add to Basket Author: Boniface Ramsey, O.P., translator Product Code:  B0468 ISBN:  9780809105229 Publisher:  Paulist Press Format  Hardcover Pages  304 Availability      In stock, immediate despatch Share Tweet

The Institutes is the first written work by John Cassian, a man who had an immense influence on Western monasticism and by extension, on Western civilisation. A native of Dacia, Cassian (c.360-430) joined a monastery in Bethlehem in his early adult years, from where he visited Egypt several times, experiencing Egyptian monasticism which had a great influence on his life. 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.