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 9
1The Fifth Combat: Dejection2Healing Dejection with Care3The Moth-Eaten Garment and the Worm-Eaten Wood4Where Dejection Comes From5Our Troubles Come from Our Own Faults6No One Falls Suddenly7Patience, Not Separation from Our Brothers8Amend Ourselves and We Can Live at Peace with All9The Dejection That Ends in Despair10The One Use of Dejection11Godly Sorrow and Deadly Sorrow12Every Other Sorrow to Be Resisted13Rooting Out Dejection