This lecture discusses the late ancient monastic theologian, John Cassian's work Institutes of the Coenobia, book 8, "Of The Spirit of Anger". It focuses specifically on his advice that we ought to not retain anger once we begin feel the emotion, a theme that Cassian returns to at multiple points in the chapter.  Specifically, we should not take the precept "let not the sun go down on your anger" as an excuse to retain anger for a given time-period

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John Cassian, Institutes Book 8 - Not Retaining Anger - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses the late ancient monastic theologian, John Cassian's work Institutes of the Coenobia, book 8, "Of The Spirit of Anger". It focuses specifically on one of the main pieces of advice that Cassian provides in that book, namely that the vice of anger ought to be entirely rooted out from the soul of a human being. His first discussion of this takes place in chapter 1


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John Cassian, Institutes Book 8 - Rooting Out Anger Entirely - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses the late ancient monastic theologian, John Cassian's work Institutes of the Coenobia, book 8, "Of The Spirit of Anger". It focuses specifically on Cassian's contention that unless one deals with the anger one feels and the reasons one ends up getting angry which have to do with one's own mindset, character, and thought processes, it doesn't do one any good to leave other people behind and go out into solitude.

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John Cassian, Institutes Book 8 - Anger, Patience, And Solitude - Sadler's Lectures

Fr. Brian gives us a lesson on monasticism. How could God punish someone for eternity? Can Satan read our thoughts? Why should we pray to saints? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. Brian Mullady.

Open Line Thursday - 2024-02-08 - Monasticism

This lecture discusses the 20th century philosopher and historian of ideas, Pierre Hadot, and focuses on chapter 4 of his book, Philosophy As a Way of Life. 

He discusses how Christianity was explicitly identified by a number of early Christian thinkers as a "philosophy". This continued on through the middle ages, where Christian monasticism was also termed "Christian philosophy". Hadot points out that not only is there considerable continuity as well as contrast between the emergent Christian philosophy and pre-Christian pagan schools, but that they all are philosophies as ways of life.

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Pierre Hadot, Philosophy As A Way Of Life - Christianity As Philosophy - Sadler's Lectures

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St Athanasius Monastery tasbeha -  تسبحه نصف الليل بدير البابا اثناسيوس

Brother George Guiver’s thesis: “All Christians are monks” invites every believer to adopt monastic spirit, not necessarily the structure. He encourages cultivating spiritual habits—daily prayer, sacramental worship, shared life, service—that shape character and community. Monasticism is not for elites; it's a blueprint rooted in the Gospel for every Christian to live fully embodied, communal faith.

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Celtic Christianity was one of the most vibrant expressions of the Christ-event in history. In this interview, Fr Jim, parish priest & Cinzia Angius, parish manager at Balally Parish, Dublin share their reflections on what makes Celtic Wisdom relevant today, why Balally is a contemplative parish and on this year's John Main Seminar theme 'The Vision of Celtic Christianity for the Crisis of the 21st Century'. Learn more at https://wccm.org/jms2025/

An interview with Fr Jim, Balally Priest & Cinzia, Balally Parish Leader on the Vision of Celtic Christianity for the Crisis of the 21st Century

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