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 Institutes, Book 10
1The Sixth Combat: Acedia2How Acedia Creeps over a Monk3How Acedia Overcomes a Monk4Acedia Puts the Soul to Sleep5A Twofold Attack6The Harm Acedia Does7The Apostle’s Words on Acedia8Whoever Will Not Work Is Restless9Paul’s Companions Worked Too10Paul Worked to Set an Example11Paul Taught Work by Word as Well12If Anyone Will Not Work, Neither Let Him Eat13Some Among You Walk in Disorder14Work as the Cure for Many Faults15Kindness Even to the Idle16Correcting Out of Love, Not Hatred17Paul Worked with His Own Hands18Paul Worked for Those with Him Too19More Blessed to Give Than to Receive20A Lazy Brother Who Lured Others Away21Solomon on Idleness22Egypt’s Monks Work for the Hungry and the Imprisoned23Why the West Lacks Large Monasteries24Abbot Paul Burns His Year’s Work25Abbot Moses on the Cure for Acedia