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Title: Sulpitius Severus (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 2) by Philip Schaff, Henry Wace ISBN: 0-8028-8125-4 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.00

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Summary: Important volume for early Western monastic history
Comment: This volume of the NPNF 2nd series contains the works of three Christian writers from 5th-century Gaul. It features the first English translation of John Cassian, and the first English translation of the complete works of Sulpitius Severus.

Sulpitius Severus is best known for his charming biography of St. Martin of Tours. His "Dialogues" also highlight Martin's virtues. His "Sacred History" is, frankly, longwinded and rather dull.

Vincent of Lerins is renowned for formulating the principle that the rule of Christian doctrine is what has been believed everywhere, always, by everyone.

John Cassian is an important bridge between Eastern and Western Christianity, and very influential in Western monasticism. He was a protege of St. John Chrysostom, lived for several years with the desert fathers, and strove to convey the Eastern Christian monastic ideal to the West. St. Benedict highly recommends Cassian's "Institutes" and "Conferences".

The Victorian translators and editors of this volume were of a low-church persuasion, which is sometimes evident in their notes. Edgar C.S. Gibson, who translated Cassian, omitted one book of the "Institutes" and two of the "Conferences" which pertain to sexual temptations.