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Joannes CassianusInst 23.10.1 · opp-lat2More by Joannes Cassianus
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23.10.1
Hinc est quod in his regionibus nulla uidemus monasteria tanta fratrum celebritate fundata, quia nec operum suorum facultatibus fulciuntur, ut possint in eis iugiter perdurare, et si eis subpeditare quoquo modo ualeat sufficientia uictus alterius largitate, uoluptas tamen otii et peruagatio cordis diutius eos in loco perseuerare non patitur. unde haec est apud Aegyptum ab antiquis patribus sancta sententia, operantem monachum daemone uno pulsari, otiosum uero innumeris spiritibus deuastari.

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