Skip to content
Unknown author  · Public domain

Figure Christianity

John Cassian

Ioannes Cassianus la

Christian monk and theologian

  • Dated 360 CE – 435 CE
  • Recognised as Saint, 5th century CE
  • Also called Joannes Cassianus, Ioannes Cassianus, Joannus Cassianus

Overview

Christian monk and theologianWikidata record description. Read John Cassian in the Wikipedia reader.

Read the full article
In 12 other languages

Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Roles and affiliation

Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.

Teachers and students

Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.

John Cassian Christian monk and theologian
Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 3.0

More from Christianity

Its branches, councils, saints, offices and buildings — and where they stopped recognising each other.