XI. THE FIRST CONFERENCE OF ABBOT CHAEREMON ON PERFECTION



Index

CHAPTER I: Description of the town of Thennesus.

CHAPTER II: Of Bishop Archebius.

CHAPTER III: Description of the desert where Chaeremon, Nesteros, and Joseph lived.

CHAPTER IV: Of Abbot Chaeremon and his excuse about the teaching which we asked for.

CHAPTER V: Of our answer to his excuse.

CHAPTER VI: Abbot Chaeremon's statement that faults can be overcome in three ways.

CHAPTER VII: By what steps we can ascend to the heights of love and what permanence there is in it.

CHAPTER VIII: How greatly those excel who depart from sin through the feeling of love.

CHAPTER IX: That love not only makes sons out of servants, but also bestows the image and likeness of God.

CHAPTER X: How it is the perfection of love to pray for one's enemies and by what signs we may recognize a mind that is not yet purified.

CHAPTER XI: A question why he has called the feeling of fear and hope imperfect.

CHAPTER XII: The answer on the different kinds of perfection.

CHAPTER XIII: Of the fear which is the outcome of the greatest love.

CHAPTER XIV: A question about complete chastity.

CHAPTER XV: The postponement of the explanation which is asked for.