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The Conferences

St. John Cassian · c. 426–429 AD

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Section 1

ON NOCTURNAL ILLUSIONS

This Conference is omitted.

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← The answer, telling that this question should be reserved for a future Conference Discourse of Abbot Theonas on the Apostle's words: "For I do not the good which I would." →

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Why Lent is kept by very many with a different number of days
Why it is called Quadragesima, when the fast is only kept for thirty-six days
How those who are perfect go beyond the fixed rule of Lent
Of the origin and beginning of Lent
A question, how we ought to understand the Apostle's words: "Sin shall not have dominion over you."
The answer on the difference between grace and the commands of the law
Of the fact that the precepts of the gospel are milder than those of the law
How a man can be shown to be under grace
A question, why sometimes when we are fasting more strictly than usual, we are troubled by carnal desires more keenly than usual
The answer, telling that this question should be reserved for a future Conference
ON NOCTURNAL ILLUSIONS
Discourse of Abbot Theonas on the Apostle's words: "For I do not the good which I would."
How the Apostle completed many good actions
What is really the good which the Apostle testifies that he could not perform
How man's goodness and righteousness are not good if compared with the goodness and righteousness of God
How no one can be continually intent upon that highest good
How those who think that they are without sin are like purblind people
How those who maintain that a man can be without sin are charged with a twofold error
How it is given to but few to understand what sin is
Of the care with which a monk should preserve the recollection of God
How those who are on the way to perfection are truly humble, and feel that they always stand in need of God's grace

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