The Library
1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
501–600
2 works
c. 525–545
Greek
Barsanuphius and John of Gaza · 6th century
Around eight hundred and fifty replies from two enclosed elders to monks and laypeople who wrote to them with questions, from prayer and doubt to lawsuits and illness.
c. 550–565
Greek
Dorotheus of Gaza · c. 505–c. 565
Seventeen talks to his own monks on humility, refusing to trust one's own judgement, and bearing with people — including the image of God as the centre of a circle from which all lives are radii.
2 of 1774 works