Roman Letters

assessor in case of monks

The figure described as 'assessor in case of monks' appears 5 times in this collection in Basil's correspondence. This was likely a judicial or administrative official involved in legal matters concerning monastic communities. The letters involving this assessor reveal the legal dimensions of early monasticism — the property disputes, jurisdictional questions, and regulatory challenges that accompanied the rapid growth of monastic institutions in the fourth-century East.
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Basil of Caesarea2Theodoret of Cyrrhus1Boniface1

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From Basil of Caesareac. 373

Concerning the monks, your excellency has, I believe, already rules in force, so that I need ask for no special favour on their behalf. It is enough that they share with others the enjoyment of your general beneficence; still I feel it incumbent upon me too to interest myself in their case. I therefore submit it to your more perfect judgment, th...

basil caesarea #284←
From Basil of Caesareac. 374

I do not think that I need further commend you to God's grace, after the words that I addressed to you in person. I then bade you adopt the life in common, after the manner of living of the Apostles. This you accepted as wholesome instruction, and gave God thanks for it.

basil caesarea #295←
From Theodoret of Cyrrhusc. 440

To the Monks of Constantinople,

theodoret cyrrhus #145←
From Bonifacec. 738

To my beloved sons, Tatwin, Wigbert, priests, and to Bernard, Hiedde, Hunfrid and Sturm, Boniface, a servant of the...

boniface #22