Download or read book Cassian the Monk written by Columba Stewart and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the life, work and spiritual theology of John Cassian (c.365-430) whose writings were the bridge between eastern monasticism and the developing Latin monasticism of Southern Gaul. He exerted a major influence on the rule of Benedict and the theology of Gregory the Great.