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John Cassian, also known as John the Ascetic and John Cassian the Roman (Latin: Ioannes Eremita Cassianus, Ioannus Cassianus, or Ioannes Massiliensis; [2] Greek: Ίωάννης Κασσιανός ό Ερημίτης; c. AD 360 – c. 435), was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern churches for his mystical ...
St. John Cassian was a monk, theologian, and founder of the abbey of Saint-Victor at Marseille. He influenced Western monasticism with his writings on the Desert Fathers and Semi-Pelagianism, a heresy that denied the necessity of God's grace for salvation.
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A monk and ascetic writer who introduced Eastern monasticism into the West and wrote on the cenobitic life and the deadly sins. He also defended the orthodox doctrine against Nestorius and was regarded as a saint by some.
May 29, 2018 · John Cassian (c. 365 – c. 435) was a Scythian monk who founded ascetic theology in the Latin church. He wrote on monastic life, spiritual perfection, and the Incarnation, influenced by Eastern sources and opposed to Pelagianism and Augustinianism.
John Cassian (d. after 345) was one of the key figures who brought traditions of desert monasticism to the Latin West. He grew up in what today is Romania and became a monk in Bethlehem and then moved to Egypt, settling at the monastery of Scetis, where he became a disciple of Evagrius Ponticus.
A Christian theologian and monastic founder who influenced Western and Eastern Churches with his mystical writings. Learn about his life, works, spirituality, and doctrinal controversy.
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Sep 25, 2019 · Of the practices John Cassian (c.360–c.435) brings from Egyptian desert elders to southern Gallic monks, his scriptural hermeneutics best reflects the dynamic link between exegesis and askēsis, reflection and action, and authority and agency.
