Saint John Cassian (Latin: Jo(h)annes Eremita Cassianus, Joannus Cassianus, or Joannes Massiliensis) is a Christian theologian celebrated in the Western and Eastern Churches for his mystical writings. He is known both as one of the "Scythian monks" and as one of the "Desert Fathers." He was born around 360 possibly in the eastern Roman Empire. Whether or not he was a Scythian by birth, as a young adult, … Wikipedia
Article on the monk and ascetic writer, who attempted to convey the teaching and way of life of the desert fathers and mothers to the fledgling monastic movement in Gaul www.newadvent.org/cathen/03404a.htm
THE TWELVE BOOKS OF John Cassian ON THE INSTITUTES OF THE COENOBIA, AND THE REMEDIES FOR THE EIGHT PRINCIPAL FAULTS. www.newadvent.org/fathers/3507.htm
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