Casiday, A. M. C. - Tradition and Theology in St John Cassian

John Cassian (d. c.435) brought the teachings of the Egyptian desert fathers to the Latin West. A. M. C. Casiday offers a revisionist account of his work, restoring the stories he tells to a position of importance as an integral part of his monastic theology.

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CONTENTS

Introduction
1 Monastic theology in fifth-century southern Gaul
2 Cassianus contra Pelagianos
3 Cassian's tradition
4 Prayer according to Cassian
5 `Into the Holy of Holies': Cassian's Christology
Conclusion

Series	Oxford Early Christian Studies