translate English to German: This dialogue is established and pursued in the measure in which the monk has attained a certain purity of heart, a simplicity of heart and intention, and also in the measure in which he has put into practice the means of arriving at this purity of heart and of maintaining it.
In den pachomianischen Klöstern zum Beispiel gab es jede Woche drei Katechesen, in deren Verlauf entweder der Obere des Klosters oder der jeweilige Hausobere bei der Synaxis die Heilige Schrift auslegte.