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 caesarea #284←basil caesarea #295←theodoret cyrrhus #145←boniface #22
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...
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.
From Theodoret of Cyrrhusc. 440
From Bonifacec. 738