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 2
1The Night Prayers and Psalms2How Many Psalms Are Sung in Different Places3One Rule for All Egypt, and the Choosing of Superiors4Twelve Psalms Throughout Egypt5How an Angel Taught the Number Twelve6The Custom of Twelve Prayers7How They Pray8The Prayer After the Psalm9A First Word on Their Prayers10Silence and Brevity in Prayer11How the Egyptians Sing the Psalms12Why the Rest Sit While One Sings, and Their Vigils in the Cells13Why They Do Not Go Back to Sleep After the Night Office14Work and Prayer in the Cells15Every Monk Goes Back to His Cell After Prayers16No One May Pray with a Brother Suspended from Prayer17Waking the Brothers at the Right Hour18No Kneeling from Saturday Evening to Sunday Evening