- John Cassian: The Transmission of Eastern Ascetical . . .
For Cassian the goal (telos) of the Christian life is to arrive at communion with God (“the kingdom of God”) through pure prayer To get to this intermediate goal (skopos), one must attain “purity of heart” (puritas cordis), without which one cannot arrive at pure prayer the kingdom of God
- The Conferences of John Cassian - Documenta Catholica Omnia
But Cassian means to say that those who have got the better of their carnal sins by perusing his former work, are already fit to be named Jacob (the supplanter), who got the better of his brother: and he hopes that this new work of his will give them such a view of God and insight into His dealings that they may be worthy to have their name
- Conferences, I, I-IV: The End and Aim of the . . . - Cistercian
“All arts and disciplines have a certain scopos, that is, goal, and telos, that is, they have their proper end, and, ever mindful of it, one who diligently strives for any art sustains the sufferings, dangers, and losses calmly and gladly
- Cassian and Monasticism
Cassian is given a synthesis of Egyptian monasticism which he knew and admired, and he provides a literary setting His immediate goal is to shape monasticism in Gaul, so that monks there, having achieved purity of heart, will attain the kingdom heaven– his ultimate goal
- The Conferences of John Cassian - where-you-are. net
But Cassian means to say that those who have got the better of their carnal sins by perusing his former work, are already fit to be named Jacob (the supplanter), who got the better of his brother: and he hopes that this new work of his will give them such a view of God and insight into His dealings that they may be worthy to have their name
- The Monastic Life as Exegesis: The Hermeneutics of John . . .
Although many contemporary scholars consider unbelief a prerequisite for analyzing and interpreting scriptures unbiasedly,1 the monk John Cassian (d circa 435 C E ) would see such lack of faith as detrimental to the entire process of understanding the scrip-tures
- The Institutes of John Cassian DOI - Zenodo
Christian monasticism, Latin Text Originally titled The Institutes of the Cenobia and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Vices, this document was written in the 5th century by a monk named John Cassian in order to help found a monastery in the Roman-controlled
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