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Chapter XXI.; original source section: Chapter 21; original book/conference: XVII. The Second Conference of Abbot Joseph.
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English translation and editorial credits: Rev. Edgar C. S. Gibson (M.A.).
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Whether secret abstinence ought to be made known, without telling a lie about it, to those who ask, and whether what has once been declined may be taken in hand.
Complete source paragraph · Conferences of John Cassian, Part II, Chapter XXI.; original source section: Chapter 21; original book/conference: XVII. The Second Conference of Abbot Joseph., source paragraph 2 · Original source
And to bring forward some instances from our unavoidable and almost daily wants which with all our care we can never so guard against as not to be driven to incur them whether with or against our will: what, I ask you, is to be done when, while we are proposing to put off our supper, a brother comes and asks us if we have had it: is our fast to
Complete source paragraph · Conferences of John Cassian, Part II, Chapter XXI.; original source section: Chapter 21; original book/conference: XVII. The Second Conference of Abbot Joseph., source paragraph 3 · Original source