Talk:John Cassian
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The article as it now stands is fawning and overplays his importance. Hackwrench 03:36, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
- I have to disagree. It is undeniable that Cassian substantially influenced the development of monasticism, and I don't see how anyone could hold that monasticism didn't substantially influence the course of the Church in centuries to come. In many ways, Cassian is the father of semi-pelagianism, and right there he sets the tone for the whole Reformation, for cryin' out loud. I don't see how you can overplay his importance! I vote that the NPOV tag be removed.
- --Fished 03:19, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Given no response or much interest, I'm removing the NPOV. --131.146.33.206 14:42, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
Merged article Johannes Eremita Cassianus into this one, and changed links to that old article. --Marcusscotus1 21:24, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
The section, "The Spirituality of John Cassian" needs to be completely rewritten to remove the religious overtones of the original writer, such as "a period when the soul of the monk and the Spirit of God bonded together ". Clearly "was believed to" is needed in that sentence.
The article states that Cassian was a Universalist. That is disputable, and the article needs to be edited so that it indicates where this opinion comes from, and that it is not universally accepted. --Marcusscotus1 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 06:25, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Merger proposal
Cassian the Ascetic is about the same person as the subject of this article. This article (John Cassian) has more information. The duplication has been noticed on the talk page of the other article, but apparently nothing was done about it. 152.65.133.89 (talk) 17:15, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
