Conferences

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Conferences is a foundational collection of spiritual dialogues by John Cassian that explores early Christian monastic wisdom and ascetic practice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian spiritual text
monastic literature
patristic literature
theological work
addresses chastity
discretion
fasting
monastic discipline
obedience
poverty
stability
alsoKnownAs Collationes
Apophthegmata Patrum
surface form: Collationes Patrum
author John Cassian
centralTheme acquisition of virtues
contemplative prayer
progress in the spiritual life
struggle against vices
contains teachings of the Desert Fathers
features conversations with desert monks
focusesOn ascetic practice
early Christian monastic wisdom
monastic virtues
prayer
purity of heart
spiritual life
genre spiritual classic
historicalContext late antique monasticism
influenced Rule of Saint Benedict
Western monasticism
intendedAudience Christian ascetics
monks
literaryForm dialogue
originalLanguage Latin
partOf Christian spiritual classics canon
preservedIn Latin manuscript tradition
regionOfOrigin Gaul
religiousTradition Christian monasticism
Christianity
setting Egyptian desert
structure series of spiritual dialogues
theologicalDiscipline ascetical theology
spiritual theology
timePeriod early 5th century
tradition Latin Church Fathers
usedBy Benedictines
surface form: Benedictine monks

Western monastic orders

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John Cassian notableWork Conferences