A Newly Discovered Greek Father Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life and Language Editors J.denBoeft–B.D.Ehrman–J.vanOort D.T.Runia–C.Scholten–J.C.M.vanWinden VOLUME111 Thetitlespublishedinthisseriesarelistedatbrill.nl/vcs A Newly Discovered Greek Father Cassian the Sabaite Eclipsed by John Cassian of Marseilles By P.Tzamalikos LEIDEN•BOSTON 2012 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Cassian,theSabaite,approximately470-548. AnewlydiscoveredGreekFather:CassiantheSabaiteeclipsedbyJohnCassianofMarseilles/ [edited]byP.Tzamalikos. p.cm.–(SupplementstoVigiliaeChristianae,ISSN0920-623X;v.111) EnglishandGreek. "Acriticaleditionoftextsof...'TheBookofMonkCassiantheRoman'"–Pref. Includesbibliographicalreferences(p. )andindex. ISBN978-90-04-22441-4(hardback:alk.paper)–ISBN978-90-04-22527-5(e-book) 1.Monasticandreligiouslife.2.Churchhistory–Primitiveandearlychurch,ca.30-600.3. 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JohnClimacus,ScalaParadisi,4.717 CONTENTS Preface.................................................................. xi Abbreviations........................................................... xiii Introduction............................................................ 1 Cassian’sLife ....................................................... 1 TheTextsinContext ............................................... 10 ONTHERULESANDREGULATIONSOFTHECOENOBIA ΠρὸςΚάστοραἐπίσκοπονπερὶδιατυπώσεωςκαὶκανόνωντῶνκατὰτὴν ᾽ΑνατολὴνκαὶΑἴγυπτονκοινοβίων/ToBishopCastor:OntheRules andRegulationsoftheCoenobiaintheEastandEgypt............ 19 NotestotheText ....................................................... 67 ONTHEEIGHTCONSIDERATIONSOFEVIL ΠΕΡΙΤΩΝΗ¯ ΛΟΓΙΣΜΩΝ/ToBishopCastor:OntheEight Considerations[ofEvil] ............................................ 77 NotestotheText ....................................................... 153 ONTHEHOLYFATHERSLIVINGATSCETIS ΠΡΟΣΛΕΟΝΤΙΟΝΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΝΠΕΡΙΤΩΝΚΑΤΑΤΗΝΣΚΗΤΙΝ ΑΓΙΩΝΠΑΤΕΡΩΝ/ToAbbotLeontius:OntheHolyFathers LivingatScetis ..................................................... 167 NotestotheText ....................................................... 213 FIRSTCONTRIBUTIONBYABBASERENUS ΣΥΝΕΙΣΦΟΡΑΤΟΥΑΒΒΑΣΕΡΗΝΟΥΠΡΩΤΗ/FirstContributionby AbbaSerenus....................................................... 247 NotestotheText ....................................................... 287 viii contents CONTRIBUTIONBYABBASERENUS ONTHEPANARETUSWISDOM ΣΥΝΕΙΣΦΟΡΑΤΟΥΑΒΒΑΣΕΡΗΝΟΥΠΕΡΙΤΗΣ ΠΑΝΑΡΕΤΟΥ/ContributionbyAbbaSerenusonthePanaretus [Wisdom] .......................................................... 311 NotestotheText ....................................................... 343 AppendixI.CassianandCaesariusIdentified .......................... 373 CaesariusofNazianzus............................................. 373 TheTitleofPseudo-Caesarius’Treatise ............................ 374 AMonkTeaching................................................... 379 CaesariusandSixth-CenturyOrigenism............................ 385 CaesariusandDionysiusAreopagite ............................... 402 CassianandCaesarius:ACommonVernacular .................... 404 Vocabulary ......................................................... 412 History ............................................................. 429 Cassian/Caesarius .................................................. 433 AppendixII.Pseudo-Didymus’DeTrinitateIsCassian’sWork.......... 441 TheAuthorinHisOwnWords ..................................... 441 PrecariousStatements.............................................. 461 Neoplatonism ...................................................... 473 Proclus,butnotDionysius.......................................... 492 ASixth-CenturyAuhor............................................. 510 Caesarius ........................................................... 518 Antioch............................................................. 525 TheVisionofCandlestickbyProphetZachariah(Zach.3:8–4:14) .. 536 DeTrinitateandtheScholiainApocalypsin......................... 565 DeTrinitateandCassian............................................ 586 AppendixIII.AnUnpublishedGreekTextbyCassiantheSabaite ..... 621 Introduction........................................................ 621 AFeastDayOnceinFourYears................................ 621 CassianandtheChroniconPaschale ........................... 622 CassiantheAstronomer........................................ 626 Conclusion ......................................................... 633 TheText:CodexMetamorphosis573,Meteora,Folia509r–509v.... 635 NotestotheText ................................................... 637 contents ix Bibliography............................................................ 639 I. Codices......................................................... 639 II. PrimarySources................................................ 639 III. ModernSources................................................ 691 IV. AncientLexicaofGreekLanguage............................. 692 IndexofPersonsofAntiquity,Locations,andNotions ................. 697 IndexofGreekTerms,Names,andExpressions ........................ 710 IndexofModernAuthors............................................... 716