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Back to SearchConferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Nineteen On the End of the Cenobite and Hermit Part IV
Season 3 Episode 75
We come now to the conclusion of Conference 19 where Cassian and Germanus question Abba John about how one overcomes and does battle with vices that …
10 years, 4 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Nineteen On the End of the Cenobite and Hermit Part III
Season 3 Episode 74
Again, Germanus and Cassian take up their discussion with Abba John about the end of the life of a cenobite and of the hermit. Both have been deeply…
10 years, 4 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Nineteen On the End of the Cenobite and Hermit Part II
Season 3 Episode 73
Germanus and Cassian continue their conversation with Abba John who in many ways is unique. He began his life in the Cenobium, became an anchorite, …
10 years, 4 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Nineteen On the End of the Cenobite and Hermit Part I
Season 3 Episode 72
Cassian and Germanus continue their discussion of Cenobitism and Anchoritism with an elderly Abba Paul who had lived in solitude for 20 years only la…
10 years, 4 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Eighteen On the Kinds of Monks Part V
Season 3 Episode 71
We come to the conclusion of Conference 18, struck both by the beauty of the wisdom put forward and the fearfulness of its warning. The example of t…
10 years, 5 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Eighteen On the Kinds of Monks Part IV
Season 3 Episode 70
Living in the desert, having access to a holy elder, and being surrounded by those of great virtue is not a guarantee that one will grow in humility …
10 years, 5 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Eighteen On the Kinds of Monks Part III
Season 3 Episode 69
Cassian's discussion with Abba Piamun about the various kinds of monks stands more as a backdrop to a greater reflection on the necessary virtues of …
10 years, 5 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Eighteen On the Kinds of Monks Part II
Season 3 Episode 68
We continue to listen with Cassian and Germanus to Abba Piamun discuss the kind of monks - Cenobites, Anchorites, Sarbaites and a fourth category of …
10 years, 5 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Eighteen Part I on the Kinds of Monks
Season 3 Episode 67
Cassian and Germanus move deeper into the Egyptian desert in search of a larger and more perfect group of holy men. The meet Abba Piamun, the elder …
10 years, 6 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Seventeen on Promises and Lying III
Season 3 Episode 66
We come to the conclusion of Germanus' and Cassian's discussion with Abba Joseph on Making Promises and the rare dispensation that would allow one t…
10 years, 6 months ago