His life, writings, and ideas

This part of the book “The Life of Saint Cassianus” was written and prepared by Father Tadros Yacoub, one of the fathers of the Coptic Church. This means that not everything mentioned in the comments, whether in the text or its footnotes, we agree with, and sometimes we disagree with it. However, we found it good to transfer this part of the book for its great benefit to those interested and theologians. As for those who want to read the writings of the fathers, they should go to the second and third parts of the book. Please alert us if there is something that contradicts the theology of the Orthodox Church or its vision of Saint John Cassianus. We have sometimes pointed out some paragraphs in which we do not agree with the writer.

As for the two translated books, the following was stated in my parish bulletin of February 25, 2001:

[div3 class=”quote” class2=”quote-l” class3=”quote-r”] St. Cassian spent ten years in Rome, during which he received the priestly rank, then moved to Marseille in Gaul (France), where he established the Monastery of St. Victor for men, at the tomb of a third-century martyr, and the Monastery of the Savior for women. Cassian adapted monastic education to the conditions of life in Gaul, to personal circumstances and to the nature of the population. At the request of Bishop Castor, he wrote a book entitled “Corporate Institutions” for the benefit of the monasteries in the Provence region. He completed his teaching with another book called “Encounters” in which he presented the stages of the struggle for purity of heart and contemplation. [/div3]

Therefore, we adopted the chronological order of writing, not the order followed in the translated book. The meetings came first in the translated book, and the polytheistic institutions came second.

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