John Cassian and the Creation of Monastic Subjectivity - Joshua Schachterle
Cassian's Rhetorical Attempts to Separate Monasticism from the Church
John Cassian and the Creation of Monastic Subjectivity - Joshua Schachterle
Joshua Schachterle [+]
Independent Scholar
Joshua Schachterle recently received his Ph.D. from the University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology Joint Doctoral Program. His dissertation was on New Testament and Early Christianity.
Description
Verifies that Cassian is explicitly advocating for a clear separation between monasticism and the Church. In this chapter, I appeal to evidence from Cassian’s writings where he envisions an increasing distance between the spheres of monasticism and the Church with monastic authority based largely on proper ascetic practice.