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 4
1The Life of Abbot Daniel2Sudden Joy and Sudden Gloom3Three Causes of Dryness of Mind4Two Reasons God Allows It5Our Efforts Are Useless Without God’s Help6Why It Is Sometimes Good to Be Left by God7The Useful War of Flesh and Spirit8A Third Thing: Our Own Will9Asking Well Is Part of Wisdom10The Different Meanings of “Flesh”11What “Flesh” Means in This Passage12Our Free Will Between Flesh and Spirit13The Benefit of Delay14The Incurable Evil of the Wicked Spirits15How the Desire of the Flesh Helps Us16Without This Humbling We Would Fall Further17The Lukewarmness of Eunuchs18The Carnal Man and the Natural Man19Three Kinds of Souls20Those Who Renounce the World Badly21Despising Great Things, Clinging to Trifles