Shifting foundations: understanding the relationship between John Cassian and Evagrius Ponticus by Hager Conroy, K

“…While Cassian uses Evagrian asceticism to the fullest, he nevertheless places it onto a divergent theological foundation which fundamentally alters that inherited asceticism. …”

Symeon Stylites the Younger and his cult in context: hagiography and society in sixth- to seventh-century Byzantium by Parker, LAR

“…The fourth chapter looks at the <em>Life of Martha</em>, Symeon's mother, which contains an original and inclusive vision of holiness, focusing not on asceticism or celibacy but on the redemptive powers of liturgy and the sacraments. …”