XIX. CONFERENCE OF ABBOT JOHN ON THE AIM OF THE COENOBITE AND HERMIT



Index

CHAPTER I: Of the coenobium of Abbot Paul and the patience of a certain brother.

CHAPTER II: Of Abbot John's humility and our question.

CHAPTER III: Abbot John's answer why he had left the desert.

CHAPTER IV: Of the excellence which the aforesaid old man showed in the system of the anchorites.

CHAPTER V: Of the advantages of the desert.

CHAPTER VI: Of the conveniences of the coenobium.

CHAPTER VII: A question on the fruits of the coenobium and the desert.

CHAPTER VIII: The answer to the question proposed.

CHAPTER IX: Of true and complete perfection.

CHAPTER X: Of those who while still imperfect retire into the desert.

CHAPTER XI: A question how to cure those who have hastily left the congregation of the coenobium.

CHAPTER XII: The answer telling how a solitary can discover his faults.

CHAPTER XIII: A question how a man can be cured who has entered on solitude without having his faults eradicated.

CHAPTER XIV: The answer on their remedies.

CHAPTER XV: A question whether chastity ought to be ascertained just as the other feelings.

CHAPTER XVI: The answer giving the proofs by which it can be recognized.