The Conferences of John Cassian is a foundational work of early Christian monastic literature, presenting a series of dialogues with Egyptian desert elders on prayer, purity of heart, discernment, ascetic discipline, and the struggle against vice. Written in a polished Latin prose shaped by both classical dialogue and spiritual instruction, it translates the experiential wisdom of the desert into a systematic guide for Western monastic life. Its literary context lies between hagiography, t...

Spanning the formative centuries of Christianity, The Complete Ante-Nicene, Nicene & Post-Nicene Church Fathers Collection gathers apologetic treatises, sermons, biblical exegesis, theological controversy, ecclesiastical histories, pastoral letters, monastic reflections, and doctrinal syntheses. Its breadth reveals a tradition being argued into shape: martyr-era defenses of the faith stand beside conciliar theology, luminous homiletics, and influential accounts of Christian society. Landma...

Nicene and Post-Nicene Church Fathers: Complete 28 Volume Collection gathers a foundational library of late antique Christian thought, spanning doctrinal treatises, biblical exegesis, sermons, ecclesiastical histories, apologetics, monastic reflections, and pastoral letters. Its pages trace the intellectual and spiritual contests surrounding Trinitarian doctrine, Christology, biblical authority, worship, ascetic discipline, and the ordering of the church. Majestic theological orations stan...

Foundation of Faith gathers the twenty-eight volumes of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Church Fathers into a capacious archive of Christian thought from the fourth century through the early medieval world. Biblical exegesis, doctrinal treatise, sermon, letter, ecclesiastical history, monastic counsel, apologetic, and conciliar or imperial document appear beside one another, tracing debates over the Trinity, Christology, scriptural interpretation, pastoral authority, and the Church's public voc...

Spanning the formative centuries of Christianity, Ante-Nicene, Nicene & Post-Nicene Church Fathers assembles apologetic treatises, theological disputations, biblical exegesis, sermons, letters, ecclesiastical histories, spiritual manuals, and conciliar-era reflections. Its range extends from the defensive prose of persecuted communities to the doctrinal precision of Trinitarian and Christological controversy, preserving landmark meditations on martyrdom, baptism, scriptural interpretation,...

The Nicene Creed gathers a capacious patristic witness to Christian confession, tracing the theological pressures, exegetical habits, and devotional languages through which Nicene faith was articulated. Its materials range from apostolic-era exhortation and apology to conciliar theology, biblical commentary, polemic, homily, ecclesiastical history, and liturgical reflection. Particularly compelling are the recurring treatments of the Son's relation to the Father, the Holy Spirit's divinity...

"The Sacred Writings Of ..." provides you with the essential works among the Early Christian writings. The volumes cover the beginning of Christianity until before the promulgation of the Nicene Creed at the First Council of Nicaea. Saint John Cassian (ca. 360 - 435) (Latin: Jo(h)annes Eremita Cassianus, Joannus Cassianus, or Joannes Massiliensis), John the Ascetic, or John Cassian the Roman, was a Christian theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern Churches for his mystical wr...

This edition The Institutes, also known as Institutions, comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each book.Saint John Cassian (ca. 360 435), was a Christian theologian celebrated in both 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."John Cassian came very late into writing and only did so when a request was made by an important person or persons. His sources were the sa...

How you can learn to focus like a monk without living like oneDistraction isn’t a new problem. We’re also not the first to complain about how hard it is to concentrate. Early Christian monks beat us to it. They had given up everything to focus on God, yet they still struggled to keep the demons of distraction at bay. But rather than surrender to the meandering of their minds, they developed powerful strategies to improve their attention and engagement. How to F...

This edition of On the Incarnation of the Lord comes complete with a Bieber Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each book. Saint John Cassian (ca. 360 435), was a Christian theologian celebrated in both 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." John Cassian came very late into writing and only did so when a request was made by an important person or persons. His sources were the sam...

This edition The Institutes, also known as Institutions, comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each book.Saint John Cassian (ca. 360 435), was a Christian theologian celebrated in both 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."John Cassian came very late into writing and only did so when a request was made by an important person or persons. His sources were the sa...

John Cassian (360 435 A.D.) is a saint in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, and one of the early fathers of monasticism. One of his most famous works, Institutes, set the foundation for the organization of monasteries. Book VI, on the Spirit of Fornication, is omitted in this translation. Christian artwork by painters such as El Greco, Andrea Sacchi, , and Andrea del Sorto is included. A table of contents is included s well.