I began reading this series about two months ago. There is an online schedule that has you read 7 pages a day for 7 years to get through them all! I started where the schedule was, instead of with volume 1, page 1.

I picked a doosie to start with, apparently. Severus and Vincent and most of Cassian w ...more

Severus was kooky, Vincent was great, and Cassian was very nearly helpful to all Christians in his "Conferences", but in the end mainly just helpful to monks. His "Seven Books" include some great restatements of orthodox truth, some sketchy arguments, passionate pleading for the repentance of an apo ...more