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John Cassian

5th century · AD 435 · Western · 247 passages

Background on John Cassian

In his own words on Leviticus

  • Leviticus 18:5

    For the law promises those who practice it not the rewards of the heavenly kingdom but the consolations of this life when it says, "The one who does these things shall live in them." But the Lord says to his disciples, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

    CONFERENCE 21.5.2

Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.