John Cassian brought the teaching of the Egyptian monks to the West: the twelve books of the Institutes on the monk's life and the eight principal faults, the twenty-four Conferences with the Abbots of Egypt, and his seven books On the Incarnation against Nestorius. Modern English from the Post-Nicene Fathers translation.
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Contents
The Conferences, Conference 13
1Germanus Is Troubled2Do Our Efforts Deserve the Credit?3No Good Is Done Without God’s Help4Can Pagans Be Chaste Without Grace?5The So-Called Chastity of the Philosophers6Without Grace We Cannot Even Strive7God’s Purpose and His Daily Care8God’s Grace and Our Free Will9Our Good Will and the Grace of God10The Weakness of Free Will11Does Grace Come Before Our Good Will, or After?12Good Will Is Not Always from Grace, Nor Always from Us13Our Efforts Cannot Be Weighed Against God’s Grace14How God Tests the Strength of Our Will15The Many Ways Grace Calls People16Grace Goes Beyond the Narrow Limits of Our Faith17The Unsearchable Providence of God18Free Will Alone Cannot Save