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 23
1“I Do Not Do the Good I Want”2The Many Good Things in the Apostle3The One Thing That Is Needed4Human Goodness Beside the Goodness of God5No One Can Gaze on God Without Interruption6Those Who Think Themselves Sinless Are Half-Blind7Blind to Our Small Faults8Few Understand What Sin Is9Walking the Tightrope of Remembering God10The True Humility of Those Near Perfection11Delighting in the Law of God in the Inner Man12Sold Under Sin13Nothing Good Dwells in My Flesh14Germanus Objects: Those Still Bound by Habit15Theonas Answers the Objection16The Body of Sin17The Saints Confess That They Are Sinners18Even Holy Men Are Not Without Sin19Sin Even in the Hour of Prayer20Who Can Teach Us About Sinlessness21Sinners Should Not Stay Away from Communion