Cassian the Monk Book

	Note on Citations	xv
Chapter 1	Cassian the Monk	3
	Elusiveness	3
	Birthplace and Childhood	4
	Monastic Beginnings in Bethlehem	6
	Egypt	7
	Constantinople and Rome	13
	Gaul	15
	Legacy	24
	A Monk for Others	26
Chapter 2	Cassian the Writer	27
	Ways of Reading	27
	Cassian's Monastic Writings	29
	Language and Style	35
	Cassian's Sources	35
	Cassian's Pedagogy	37
	Cassian the Teacher	39
Chapter 3	Cassian the Theologian	40
	Journeying toward Goal and End: Mapping the Monastic Life	40
	The Quest for Purity of Heart	42
	Contemplation	47
	Heavenly Beatitude and the Vision of God	55
	Monks for the World	60
Chapter 4	Flesh and Spirit, Continence and Chastity	62
	Chastity and Asceticism in Cassian's Works	62
	Lust	64
	The Body	69
	Continence and Chastity	71
	Divine Grace and Human Will	76
	Nocturnal Emissions	81
	Frankness and Freedom	84
Chapter 5	The Bible and Prayer	85
	Exemplars of Prayer and Biblical Interpretation	86
	Spiritual Knowledge	90
	Seeing and Knowing Christ	95
Chapter 6	Unceasing Prayer	100
	The Interplay of Bible and Prayer	100
	Bible and Prayer in Egypt	101
	Cassian's Appropriation of the Tradition	104
	Ways of Unceasing Prayer	105
Chapter 7	Experience of Prayer	114
	Ecstasy	116
	Compunction	122
	Teacher of Prayer	129
	Afterword	131
Appendix	Cassian on Monastic Egypt	133
	Notes	141
	Bibliography	231
	Biblical Citations	261
	Cassian's Writings	263
	Latin and Greek Words	275
	General Index	278