Paris. Gr. 923, fol. 290r
Guide to Evagrius Ponticus
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babble
On Prayer
151
you
pray
, do not
babble
onβ and other
similar
π
π
back
Prak
pref.6
of the
body
,
cutting
back
the
wickedness
of the
π
π
11
siezes
the
nous
,
reflecting
back
the
face
of the
π
π
29
The
first
[
approach
]
cuts
back
the
thoughts
of
acedia
π
π
35
the
body
are
cut
back
by
self-control
; those of
π
π
35
the
soul
are
cut
back
by
spiritual
love
.
π
π
61
habitually
make
it
turn
back
to the
place
from
π
π
Gn.
50
might
accomplish
the
gaining
[
back
] of the
fallen
-βaway
π
π
KG
5.63
S2
Investigation
brings
us
back
to the
beginning
of
π
π
6.86
S2
word
; they
bring
others
back
by
means
of
dreams
π
π
Skemmata
22
to
contemplations
and [then]
back
again from these to
π
π
Ep fid
1
to
make
me come
back
to you, as though
π
π
18
saved
it, and
bring
back
safe
and
sound
to
π
π
On Prayer
135
I will not
turn
back
until they
turn
away
π
π
148
no
longer
on your
back
, but on your
face
π
π
Exhortations to Monks
1.3
wandering
nous
is
gathered
back
through
reading
the
oracles
π
π
Instr
11
stench
of
death
, coming
back
to
earth
again.
π
π
bad
Prak
88
which are
good
or
bad
depending
on their
use
π
π
KG
1.56
S1
of
torment
, and the
bad
47 of
torment
only.
π
π
1.66
S1
said
to be the
bad
actions
, because they are
π
π
2.79
S2
ignorance
advances
to the
bad
change
.
π
π
3.7
S2
it]
attain
to the
bad
change
. .
π
π
3.40
S2
logikoi
to
good
or
bad
bodies
, after which there
π
π
3.40
S2
there will be no
bad
bodies
.
π
π
3.51
S2
bodies
, and others with
bad
bodies
. But those which
π
π
3.53
S2
be
said
to be
bad
.
π
π
4.13
S2
is
neither
good
nor
bad
. It is thus
well
π
π
4.59
S2
essence
that
demons
are
bad
.
π
π
5.19
S2
the
passage
from the
bad
quality
to the
superior
π
π
badly
KG
3.59
S1
these
either
well
or
badly
, it is
clear
that
π
π
3.59
S2
use
them
well
or
badly
, it is
evident
,
therefore
π
π
Skemmata
62
if they are
accomplished
badly
. From
angels
there are
π
π
On Prayer
143
only when
things
go
badly
and that He is
π
π
Balaam
Gn.
21
in the
cases
of
Balaam
and
Kaiphas
: for the
π
π
Ep fid
11
Israel
did
put
away
Baalim
and
Ashtaroth
, and did
π
π
balance
Prak
29
and
keeps
its
self-control
balanced
.β
π
π
On Prayer
1
fully
[
present
] and
equally
balanced
, the
nous
(
intellect
) will
π
π
ball
On Prayer
111
prayer
: [as if]
playing
ball
with him, they
threw
π
π
banish
Prak
42
you will
confuse
and
banish
the
ideas
that come
π
π
banquet
KG
4.30
S2
the
palace
and the
banquet
will be
disconcerted
.
π
π
baptism
Ep fid
30
Him Who through your
baptism
frees
you from your
π
π
33
man
is
created
through
baptism
, for βif any
man
π
π
Baptist
KG
4.27
S2
has
appeared
to the
Baptist
of the
one
baptized
π
π
baptize
Prak
10
take
and
dunk
[lit
baptize
] it in
sadness
,
since
π
π
KG
3.85
S2
All those who are
baptized
in
water
receive
the
π
π
3.85
S2
odor
; but he who
baptizes
-it is he who
π
π
4.27
S2
Baptist
of the
one
baptized
- , is it that which
π
π
Ep fid
33
and
teach
all
nations
,
baptizing
them in the
name
π
π
bar
KG
5.80
S2
The
intelligible
deadbolt
(or
bar
) is the
free
mastery
π
π
Baraq
KG
6.88
S2
in the
days
of
Baraq
they
shot
from
heaven
π
π
bare
Ep fid
28
away our
sins
and
bare
our
sicknesses
. Now
one
π
π
28
being
subject
, and He
bare
this. So all the
π
π
On Prayer
145
pray
with his
head
bare
and
uncovered
. Such a
π
π
Basil
Gn.
45
of
truth
, the
Cappadocian
Basil
has
said
: the
Knowledge
π
π
basis
Prak
56
seeing
that the
natural
basis
for our
union
with
π
π
basket
On Prayer
pref.1
to you in the
basket
of
love
in an
π
π
battered
Prak
59
which they
possess
being
battered
by
one
demon
after
π
π
battle
Prak
5
brethren
. For the
second
battle
is
much
lighter
than
π
π
34
they
activate
The
immaterial
battle
is
harder
than the
π
π
34
harder
than the
material
battle
.
π
π
36
him
ready
to do
battle
, but to
enable
him
π
π
59
take
over In the
battle
against it I do
π
π
63
there
commences
an
all-out
battle
day
and
night
against
π
π
Gn.
25
on the
day
of
battle
."Those,
therefore
, who are
π
π
KG
1.65
S2
are
constituted
and
indescribable
battles
take
place
. But in
π
π
3.41
S2
demons
-
provoke
a
great
battle
,
one
against the other
π
π
On Prayer
30
times
, when the
usual
battle
is
raging
against us
π
π
battle-array
On Prayer
63
it,
dispersing
the
whole
battle-array
of [
tempting
-]
thoughts
(
logismoi
π
π
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