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.