... and metaphorical. ³³ John Cassian insisted that anger should be ascribed to God not anthrōpopathōs, ‘anthropopathically’, but ‘in a sense worthy of God who is a stranger to all perturbations (digne Deo, qui omni perturbatione alienus est)’. ³⁴ Cassian...

... and systematize this early mystical spirituality. The most important — but still little known — is Evagrius Ponticus (345–399). He sought to map out the soul's journey to God and is best known for his formulation and analysis of the seven deadly sins. His disciple, John Cassian (c.360–c.435), ended up settling...

... of society. Since gluttony reshapes one’s physical appetites, leading to greater or less sensory pleasure in food in keeping with the deformed beliefs and attitudes, this vice’s remedy requires what John Cassian calls ‘a twofold cure’ of bodily discipline (like abstinence or temporary fasting from certain...

.... The theological task, as they conceived it, was to map precisely how the individual Christian journeys to God. Ultimately, it was a mode of theology that flowed from and flowed back into the practice of mystical contemplation. This chapter traces the history of monastic theology from John Cassian (d. 435) through...

... to predestination to the Incarnation, whereas Cassian reasons from the Fall to the Incarnation to the action of grace in a monk’s life. John Cassian monastic life conferences Christology of divine descent Christology of indwelling The argument for calling Cassian a ‘Semi-Pelagian’ is based on the assumption...

... of these settlements. The works of Evagrius had a profound influence on Eastern Orthodox monastic teaching and passed to the West through the writings of John Cassian (c.365–435). This book provides an English translation of Evagrius' Greek ascetic writings, based on modern critical editions, where...

... a community of Coptic monks in the Nile valley. Both monastic groups and individual hermitages were founded in Palestine and Asia Minor in the fourth and early fifth century and from there spread to the west. Among the most influential figures were John Cassian, who wrote in Marseille specifically for Gaul...

... Evagrius Ponticus Gnostikos Evagrius Kephalaia Gnostika Evagrius Praktikos Evagrius Casiday Augustine contemplation deification Leyser Conrad Augustinianism 2 Rule of St Benedict regula conversatio individual growth patience John Cassian Evagrius of Ponticus In Chapter 7 , I looked...

...The Lérinians were not the only face of the Gallic monastic movement. Closely associated with them, and well known to Pope Celestine, was John Cassian, an ascetic teacher who had gone to great lengths to ensure that he could not be accused of traducing the moral authority of his position. In his...

...John Cassian (d. after 345) was one of the key figures who brought traditions of desert monasticism to the Latin West. He grew up in what today is Romania and became a monk in Bethlehem and then moved to Egypt, settling at the monastery of Scetis, where he became a disciple of Evagrius Ponticus...

... conversion autobiography literary revision Latin poetry Paulinus of Pella Augustine Ausonius John Cassian Salvian of Marseille Around the year 427, a middle-aged Aquitanian aristocrat began to ponder monastic life. His name was Paulinus. In years prior, Paulinus had enjoyed revenues from properties...

... the desert fathers of the late fourth century. John Cassian was one of the most important witnesses to the practice and spirituality of psalmody. The practice and spirit of psalmody are discussed. Cassian kinesis krisis praktiké prayer prostration psalmody psalter compunction melete acedia Antony...

... Responses) [John] Cassian Coll. Inc. Conlationes (Conferences) De incarnatione verbi (On the Incarnation) xviii Abbreviations Inst. De institutis coenobiorum et de octo principalium uitiorum remediis (Institutes of the Coenobites) Chrysippus Frag. mor. Fragmenta Moralia (Moral Fragments) Cicero Div. Fin...

.... The chapter then follows his pilgrimage to Jerusalem, his initial success in ministry and begging, and his stepping out of the Lord's footsteps on the Mount of the Ascension. The chapter concludes with analysis of John Cassian and Ignatius as strange bedfellows and of Freud's observations regarding narcissism...

...Frederick D. Aquino, Training Spiritual Perception: A Constructive Look at John Cassian In: Perceiving Things Divine: Towards a Constructive Account of Spiritual Perception. Edited by: Frederick D. Aquino and Paul L. Gavrilyuk, Oxford University Press. © Oxford...

...This chapter develops Aquinas's theodicy by considering the way in which the suffering stemming from the loss or deprivation of the desires of a person's heart can be defeated. It discusses the possibility — supported by one strand in the Christian tradition, deriving from John Cassian's thought...

.... Gregory tends to be typecast as a ‘moral’ thinker, whose assimilation of the texts of Augustine of Hippo and John Cassian was of critical import — but who was himself less capable of analytical or innovative thought, and who therefore concentrated his energies on reducing the complexities of earlier...

... in 5^th and 6^th century Latin pneumatology which we have overlooked. Theologians like John Cassian and Gregory the Great were engaged in a significant discussion of how the Holy Spirit works within Christian ascetics to reform their inner lives. Other theologians, like Leo the Great...

... by a confidence in the perspicacity of intentions in external action, love is just as powerful a coercive tool as fear is, if not more so. Rule of St Benedict John Cassian Rule of the Master fraternity community authority love charity fear In this chapter, we shall turn our attention to a specific strand...