XVIII. CONFERENCE OF ABBOT PIAMUN ON THE THREE SORTS OF MONKS
Index
CHAPTER I: How we came to Diolcos and were received by Abbot Piamun.
CHAPTER II: The words of Abbot Piamun, how monks who were novices ought to be taught by the example of their elders.
CHAPTER III: How the juniors ought not to discuss the orders of the seniors.
CHAPTER IV: Of the three sorts of monks which there are in Egypt.
CHAPTER V: Of the founders who originated the order of coenobites.
CHAPTER VI: Of the system of the Anchorites and its beginning.
CHAPTER VII: Of the origin of the Sarabaites and their mode of life.
CHAPTER VIII: Of a fourth sort of monks.
CHAPTER IX: A question as to what is the difference between a coenobium and a monastery.
CHAPTER X: The answer.
CHAPTER XI: Of true humility, and how Abbot Serapion exposed the monk humility of a certain man.
CHAPTER XII: A question how true patience can be gained.
CHAPTER XIII: The answer.
CHAPTER XIV: Of the example of patience given by a certain religious woman.
CHAPTER XV: Of the example of patience given by Abbot Paphnutius.
CHAPTER XVI: On the perfection of patience.