The Eastern Cross/Library/The Institutes
Cassian lived among the monks of Egypt and carried their wisdom to the West. The first books describe the monks' dress, their prayers and their daily rule.
The rest take on the eight passions one by one, from gluttony to pride, and how to fight them.
Contents
- 1Book I. Of the Dress of the Monks10 min read
- 2Book II. Of the Canonical System of the Nocturnal Prayers and Psalms25 min read
- 3Book III. Of the Canonical System of the Daily Prayers and Psalms20 min read
- 4Book IV. Of the Institutes of the Renunciants50 min read
- 5Book V. Of the Spirit of Gluttony50 min read
- 6Book VII. Of the Spirit of Covetousness30 min read
- 7Book VIII. Of the Spirit of Anger25 min read
- 8Book IX. Of the Spirit of Dejection10 min read
- 9Book X. Of the Spirit of Accidie30 min read
- 10Book XI. Of the Spirit of Vainglory15 min read
- 11Book XII. Of the Spirit of Pride40 min read
About this edition
Translated by Edgar C. S. Gibson, in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, vol. 11 (1894). The translator left out Book VI, on the spirit of fornication.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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