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Various Church Fathers

Chapter XX. An objection on the ease of that abstinence in which a man is sustained by two biscuits.

The Works of John Cassian. — translated by ANF/NPNF editors

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An objection on the ease of that abstinence in which a man is sustained by two biscuits.

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And this we gladly embraced, and answered that we should scarcely consider this limit as abstinence, as we could not possibly reach it entirely.

Translated by ANF/NPNF editors. Edition ccel.npnf211.division.iv.en.

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