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.
Sign in to track your progress, highlight verses, and follow a reading plan.
Contents
The Institutes, Book 3
1The Offices of the Third, Sixth and Ninth Hours2The Egyptians Pray All Day at Their Work3Why the Third, Sixth and Ninth Hours Are Kept4How the New Morning Office Began5No Going Back to Bed After the Morning Office6The Old Order of Psalms Left Unchanged7Latecomers to Prayer8The Weekly Vigil Before the Sabbath9Why the Sabbath Vigil Is Kept and the Fast Relaxed10How Rome Came to Fast on the Sabbath11How the Sunday Service Differs12Supper on Feast Days Without a Psalm