This is a study of the life, monastic writings and spiritual theology of John Cassian (c.365-430), whose writings linked eastern monasticism and the developing ... » 

This is a study of the life, monastic writings and spiritual theology of John Cassian (c.365-430), whose writings linked eastern monasticism and the developing Latin monasticism of Southern Gaul, and had a major influence on the Rule of Benedict and the theology of Gregory the Great. «