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.