Table Of ContentA Newly Discovered Greek Father
Supplements
to
Vigiliae Christianae
Texts and Studies of
Early Christian Life and Language
Editors
J.denBoeft–B.D.Ehrman–J.vanOort
D.T.Runia–C.Scholten–J.C.M.vanWinden
VOLUME111
Thetitlespublishedinthisseriesarelistedatbrill.nl/vcs
A Newly Discovered
Greek Father
Cassian the Sabaite Eclipsed by
John Cassian of Marseilles
By
P.Tzamalikos
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2012
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Cassian,theSabaite,approximately470-548.
AnewlydiscoveredGreekFather:CassiantheSabaiteeclipsedbyJohnCassianofMarseilles/
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1.Monasticandreligiouslife.2.Churchhistory–Primitiveandearlychurch,ca.30-600.3.
Cassian,theSabaite,approximately470-548.I.Tzamalikos,P.(Panayiotis),1951-II.BookofMonk
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ἐκταπεινώσεωςδιάκρισις,ὡςκαὶτῷµεγάλῳΚασσιανῷἐν
τῷπερὶδιακρίσεωςαὐτοῦλόγῳπεφιλοσόφηταικάλλιστάτε
καὶὑψηλότατα.
Humility gives rise to discretion, which is an issue
thatalsothegreatCassiantreatedphilosophicallyin
hisdiscourseOnDiscretion,inanabsolutelyfineand
sublimemanner.
JohnClimacus,ScalaParadisi,4.717
CONTENTS
Preface.................................................................. xi
Abbreviations........................................................... xiii
Introduction............................................................ 1
Cassian’sLife ....................................................... 1
TheTextsinContext ............................................... 10
ONTHERULESANDREGULATIONSOFTHECOENOBIA
ΠρὸςΚάστοραἐπίσκοπονπερὶδιατυπώσεωςκαὶκανόνωντῶνκατὰτὴν
᾽ΑνατολὴνκαὶΑἴγυπτονκοινοβίων/ToBishopCastor:OntheRules
andRegulationsoftheCoenobiaintheEastandEgypt............ 19
NotestotheText ....................................................... 67
ONTHEEIGHTCONSIDERATIONSOFEVIL
ΠΕΡΙΤΩΝΗ¯ ΛΟΓΙΣΜΩΝ/ToBishopCastor:OntheEight
Considerations[ofEvil] ............................................ 77
NotestotheText ....................................................... 153
ONTHEHOLYFATHERSLIVINGATSCETIS
ΠΡΟΣΛΕΟΝΤΙΟΝΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΝΠΕΡΙΤΩΝΚΑΤΑΤΗΝΣΚΗΤΙΝ
ΑΓΙΩΝΠΑΤΕΡΩΝ/ToAbbotLeontius:OntheHolyFathers
LivingatScetis ..................................................... 167
NotestotheText ....................................................... 213
FIRSTCONTRIBUTIONBYABBASERENUS
ΣΥΝΕΙΣΦΟΡΑΤΟΥΑΒΒΑΣΕΡΗΝΟΥΠΡΩΤΗ/FirstContributionby
AbbaSerenus....................................................... 247
NotestotheText ....................................................... 287
viii contents
CONTRIBUTIONBYABBASERENUS
ONTHEPANARETUSWISDOM
ΣΥΝΕΙΣΦΟΡΑΤΟΥΑΒΒΑΣΕΡΗΝΟΥΠΕΡΙΤΗΣ
ΠΑΝΑΡΕΤΟΥ/ContributionbyAbbaSerenusonthePanaretus
[Wisdom] .......................................................... 311
NotestotheText ....................................................... 343
AppendixI.CassianandCaesariusIdentified .......................... 373
CaesariusofNazianzus............................................. 373
TheTitleofPseudo-Caesarius’Treatise ............................ 374
AMonkTeaching................................................... 379
CaesariusandSixth-CenturyOrigenism............................ 385
CaesariusandDionysiusAreopagite ............................... 402
CassianandCaesarius:ACommonVernacular .................... 404
Vocabulary ......................................................... 412
History ............................................................. 429
Cassian/Caesarius .................................................. 433
AppendixII.Pseudo-Didymus’DeTrinitateIsCassian’sWork.......... 441
TheAuthorinHisOwnWords ..................................... 441
PrecariousStatements.............................................. 461
Neoplatonism ...................................................... 473
Proclus,butnotDionysius.......................................... 492
ASixth-CenturyAuhor............................................. 510
Caesarius ........................................................... 518
Antioch............................................................. 525
TheVisionofCandlestickbyProphetZachariah(Zach.3:8–4:14) .. 536
DeTrinitateandtheScholiainApocalypsin......................... 565
DeTrinitateandCassian............................................ 586
AppendixIII.AnUnpublishedGreekTextbyCassiantheSabaite ..... 621
Introduction........................................................ 621
AFeastDayOnceinFourYears................................ 621
CassianandtheChroniconPaschale ........................... 622
CassiantheAstronomer........................................ 626
Conclusion ......................................................... 633
TheText:CodexMetamorphosis573,Meteora,Folia509r–509v.... 635
NotestotheText ................................................... 637
contents ix
Bibliography............................................................ 639
I. Codices......................................................... 639
II. PrimarySources................................................ 639
III. ModernSources................................................ 691
IV. AncientLexicaofGreekLanguage............................. 692
IndexofPersonsofAntiquity,Locations,andNotions ................. 697
IndexofGreekTerms,Names,andExpressions ........................ 710
IndexofModernAuthors............................................... 716