The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults 154How a monk can retain his poverty.

John Cassian · The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Series II Volume XI: Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian by Philip Schaff

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And we can only preserve this virtue unimpaired if we remain in a monastery, and as the Apostle says, having food and clothing, are therewith content.