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John Cassian: Conferences

by John Cassian · 1950 · 208 pages

Part of the Ancient Christian Writers series

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John Cassian (c. 365-c. 435) journeyed to the West to found monasteries in Marseilles and the region of Provence. Conferences is his masterpiece, a study of the Egyptian ideal of the monk.

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religionchristian
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adult
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medium · 208 pages

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