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 11
1The Seventh Combat: Empty Glory2Empty Glory Attacks the Spiritual Side Too3The Many Shapes of Empty Glory4Attacked on the Right Hand and on the Left5Like an Onion6Solitude Is No Escape7Beaten, It Rises Stronger8Neither the Desert Nor Old Age Quiets It9Hidden Among the Virtues10King Hezekiah Brought Down by Empty Glory11King Uzziah and the Same Sickness12Scripture Against Empty Glory13How It Tempts Beginners14The Dream of Being Ordained15Waking Dreams16The Elder Who Heard a Sermon at the Door17Finding the Roots of the Faults18Why a Monk Should Flee Women and Bishops19The Remedies for Empty Glory