Guide to Evagrius Ponticus

Paris. Gr. 923, fol. 290r

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abandon

Prak

move the monk to abandon his cell and give

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away and leaves him, abandoning him to be tempted

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temptation we should not abandon our cell, whatever plausible

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is to sake us abandon prayer, so that we

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1.78 S1

with good will one abandons the things of this

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2.49 S2

until the one who abandons [both] the last ear

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Ad virg.

3.2

and do not abandon the way of peace

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On Prayer

worship with contempt and abandoning their Lord and God

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abandonment

Prak

the monk the quick abandonment of his asceticism. The

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Gn.

the five causes of abandonment, so that you may

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destroyed by affliction. [1] Indeed, abandonment reveals virtue which is

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is the offspring of abandonment, and this abandonment is

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of abandonment, and this abandonment is the daughter of

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1.78 S2

first renunciation is voluntary abandonment of the objects of

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On Prayer

from all temptation and abandonment.

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abate

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133

tempting-]thoughts whether they abate readily, [and] why this

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Abba

On Prayer

108

it says that as Abba Theodore was speaking a

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Apophthegmata

Abba Evagrius said, 'Sit in

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matter or other and Abba Evagrius held forth. Then

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priest said to him, 'Abba, we know that if

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abide

3.56 S2

on which the nous abides, [in] which it is

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ability

Prak

beseech God for the ability to fight off your

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Ep fid

the best of our ability explain, the meaning of

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so far as my ability goes, sufficient. Now let

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able

Prak

than the demons, or [able] to undertake all their

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Whether these thoughts are able to disturb the soul

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images: and not [being able] to offer pure prayer

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as best we are able. Regarding these opportune times

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demon. If you are able, as they say, to

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they will not be able to rise’ and ‘My

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war will not be able to contemplate the logoi

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Gn.

for they are not able to resist the falls

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those who are also able at the time of

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1.47 S2

in the soul is able to leave it through

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2.16 S2

of it will be able to receive also the

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2.63 S2

material will also be able to become immaterial.

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3.12 S2

is that which is able to easily receive essential

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3.39 S2

part of fire is able to burn, while the

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3.39 S2

of burning: the part able to burn is that

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3.39 S2

while the second is able to burn [up] the

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3.78 S2

For, we are not able to unite the angels

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4.39 S2

logikoi would not be able to receive His holy

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4.71 S2

who [then] will be able to endure the deprivation

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5.81 S2

it will also be able to found varied worlds

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6.47 S2

will not have been able to obtain it, he

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6.62 S2

learning and is never able to attain to true

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6.73 S2

fact that it is able to receive knowledge, or

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57.2

for neither are we able to bind further the

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Ep fid

God in Himself, is able to call the life

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every rational creature is able to do anything of

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On Prayer

penthos) you may be able to calm the savagery

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that you may be able to [more] easily confess

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then] you will be able to pray.

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that you will be able to pray without distraction

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that you will be able to pray undisturbed. For

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If you are able to endure patiently, you

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so as to be able to impede his excellent

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You are not able to pray purely if

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or powers will be able to separate us from

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Apophthegmata

so as to be able to live always in

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Abner

Gn.

or garments: remember rather Abner the Levite, who after

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abolition

2.17 S2

of bodies, and the abolition of names; while [there

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abomination

Exhortations to Monks

1.5

the primordial vice, that abomination before the Lord which

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Abraham

1.32 S2

I was acquainted with Abraham when he traveled with

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57.5

grave, where our father Abraham and his sons sleep

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abruptly

4.60 S2

when the body awakens abruptly.

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absence

Prak

pref.3

their hands manifests the absence of hypocrisy in their

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absent

Prak

be aroused; [but] if absent, they will be aroused

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Ep fid

now I have been absent from you a considerable

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absolute

2.30 S2

that they have received absolute guardianship.

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absolutely

2.23 S2

beings - he is not absolutely one who is the

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Ep fid

number is not one absolutely, nor yet simple in

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abstain

5.41 S2

world is completely imprinted abstains from all corruptible desire

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5.44 S2

accordance with the law abstain from wine, the law

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abstinence

Exhortations to Monks

1.1

is stripped off by abstinence with prayer.

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absurd

Prak

pref.3

nothing could be more absurd than to consider and

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Ep fid

seems to me perfectly absurd, while the senses are

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abundance

3.34 S2

which, because of an abundance of thumos, has fallen

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5.11 S2

which, because of an abundance of thumos, has fallen

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6.47 S2

who, because of the abundance of their goods will

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On Prayer

pref.1

nets I caught an abundance of fish: I do

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abundant

Skemmata

and still others have abundant matter [ie. objects]. The

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those from vainglory have abundant matter [ie. objects].

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Ep fid

on account of His abundant loving kindness towards His

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abundantly

3.43 S2

human beings especially and abundantly possess ‘the oil’.

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abuse

On Prayer

the noetic eye [and] abusing the state of prayer

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abyss

1.57 S1

are terrified by the abyss.

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1.57 S2

while demons fear the abyss; but there exist [beings