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Guide to Evagrius Ponticus
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On Prayer
140
trample
you,
stretch
and
comb
you, this is how
π
π
combat
Prak
5
demons
engage
in
naked
combat
. Against those
laboring
at
π
π
Gn.
44
to the
point
of
combat
, as
well
as
refraining
π
π
KG
1.65
S1
there are
works
and
combats
. But in
contemplation
of
π
π
1.80
S1
as
certain
fantasies
in
combat
, according to the
degree
π
π
combatant
On Prayer
106
the
muscles
of the
combatant
's
thighs
and would
π
π
combination
On Prayer
pref.3
square
β,
fifty-three
is a
combination
of β
triangular
β and β
spherical
π
π
combine
On Prayer
1
fragrant
incense
, he should
combine
clear
frankincense
,
cassia
,
onycha
π
π
comeliness
Ep fid
17
had
neither
form
nor
comeliness
, his
form
was
deficient
π
π
comers
Prak
28
and
valiantly
tackle
all
comers
,
particularly
the
demon
of
π
π
comfort
Prak
92
O
father
,
without
the
comfort
of
books
?β He
replied
π
π
Ep
57.2
from you.
God
, who
comforts
the
downtrodden
, also
comforts
π
π
57.2
comforts
the
downtrodden
, also
comforts
us, by his
suddenly
π
π
command
Prak
49
We are not
commanded
to
work
the
whole
π
π
Gn.
46
said
: "
Moses
received
the
command
to
place
the
table
π
π
KG
1.66
S2
senses
. For we are
commanded
to
flee
fornication
and
π
π
1.83
S2
from which
Israel
was
commanded
by
one
of the
π
π
5.38
S1
not do what is
commanded
of him and (
defeat
π
π
6.84
S1
we have
received
the
command
to
distance
the
heart
π
π
commandment
Prak
40
thus] to
perform
whatever
commandments
we can, as
best
π
π
70
the
law
or the
commandments
or
punishment
.
Rather
, he
π
π
79
effects
of [
keeping
] the
commandments
are not
sufficient
to
π
π
81
constituted
by
keeping
the
commandments
, and these are
watched
π
π
82
powers
and
discovers
the
commandment
which can
heal
its
π
π
KG
1.10
S2
the
practice
of the
commandments
, others
oppose
thoughts
of
π
π
1.67
S1
the
practice
of the
commandments
and will
raise
itself
π
π
2.9
S2
the
activity
of the
commandments
? Who
understands
the
powers
π
π
3.40
S2
trumpet
β (1Cor 15:52) is the
commandment
of the
judge
who
π
π
4.61
S2
is
explanation
of the
commandments
for the
consolation
of
π
π
5.38
S1
arm
himself with the
commandments
of
God
, and he
π
π
5.38
S2
arm
himself with the
commandments
, and he who (
fights
π
π
6.1
S2
by the
practice
of
commandments
and by
true
doctrines
π
π
6.35
S2
the
intellections
of the
commandments
holy
angels
purify
us
π
π
6.46
S2
soul
moved
by the
commandments
of
Christ
.
π
π
Assorted Chapters
20
you will
keep
his
commandments
without
forgetting
.
π
π
commence
Prak
63
without
distractions
, then there
commences
an
all-out
battle
day
π
π
commingle
Ep fid
23
earth
, it is both
commingled
with
clay
and
incapable
π
π
commit
Skemmata
45
latter
[
harm
] by the
committing
of
sin
. Those that
π
π
45
time
and by the
committing
[of
sin
] are those
π
π
Ep
57.4
chains
of
darkness
and
committed
them to the
lowest
π
π
Ep fid
13
assumption
into
heaven
, to
commit
to them the
preaching
π
π
On Prayer
48
irrational
pleasure
and so
commits
an
outrage
on the
π
π
common
KG
1.32
S2
have
seen
only their
common
appearance
; for only the
π
π
2.24
S2
one
who has
acquired
common
names
with the others
π
π
3.19
S2
second
contemplations
possess
in
common
that they [both] have
π
π
3.21
S2
This is
common
to both
second
and
π
π
3.23
S2
This is
common
to all the
worlds
π
π
3.43
S2
to
knowledge
possess
in
common
the β
water
β and the
π
π
3.47
S2
from that which is
common
, that
indicates
that he
π
π
5.62
S2
return
it to
natural
(?
common
)
contemplation
and to those
π
π
6.85
S2
the
beasts
have in
common
belong
to
corporeal
nature
π
π
Skemmata
54
others
arise
from the
common
struggle
.
π
π
58
cause
injury
[
mislead
] is
common
to all
thoughts
.
π
π
communion
Prak
pref.6
the
soul
by their
communion
in
good
; and
loving
π
π
On Prayer
107
moving
from his [
intimate
]
communion
with
God
as the
π
π
community
Prak
5
virtue
in
monasteries
or
communities
they
arm
the more
π
π
Monks
title
Monks
in
Cenobia
or
Communities
π
π
compactly
Prak
pref.9
to others. I have
compactly
divided
ascetical
matters
into
π
π
companion
KG
6.88
S1
also the
saints
, our
companions
, who themselves were of
π
π
company
KG
1.85
S1
has
arrived
in the
company
of those who are
π
π
1.85
S2
impassible
and
attains
the
company
of
incorporeal
[
beings
] who
π
π
compare
KG
1.41
S1
If
death
is
second
compared
to
life
, and
sickness
π
π
1.41
S1
life
, and
sickness
second
compared
to
health
, it is
π
π
Ep fid
22
even their
knowledge
, when
compared
with the
knowledge
which
π
π
comparison
KG
1.6
S2
In
comparison
, we are
one
thing
π
π
1.41
S1
evil
is
second
by
comparison
to
virtue
.
Death
and
π
π
Ep fid
16
For I
know
that
comparisons
may
properly
be
made
π
π
16
than
bird
. If then
comparisons
are
made
between
things
π
π
16
and the
Father
by
comparison
is
said
to be
π
π
compassion
Prak
20
hatred
increase
indignation
:
merciful
compassion
and
gentleness
diminish
it
π
π
Gn.
45
indulge
anger
, and by
compassion
. The
first
[
Knowledge
] can
π
π
KG
1.40
S2
evil
, and who
felt
compassion
for his
brothers
. For
π
π
compel
Prak
8
demon
of
sexual
immorality
compels
desiring
for
different
bodies
π
π
Ep
57.2
letter
, and I was
compelled
to
write
these
things
π
π
complain
Ep fid
18
bed
to
lie
on,
complain
of His
being
poor
π
π
complete
Prak
87
one
day
be a
complete
destruction
of the
passions
π
π
Gn.
23
do not
yet
possess
complete
knowledge
.
π
π
KG
1.22
S2
transform
themselves into the
complete
image
of our
body
π
π
1.90
S1
third
day
it is
completed
."
π
π
6.41
S2
The
complete
withdrawal
softens
the
concupiscible
π
π
On Prayer
pref.2
that
nous
(
intellect
)
takes
complete
precedence
over the
letter
π
π
106
let
them down before
completing
his
customary
prayers
.
π
π
109
hands
until he had
completed
his
customary
prayer
, and
π
π
completely
Prak
4
eros
) he will
want
completely
. And what he
wants
π
π
KG
1.40
S2
man
[
almost
but not
completely
given
over to
every
π
π
2.78
S2
has been
constituted
either
completely
of
superiors
or
completely
π
π
2.78
S2
completely
of
superiors
or
completely
of
inferiors
, or again
π
π
4.73
S2
in whom
epithumia
is
completely
oriented
toward
the
Lord
π
π
5.15
S2
of the
passions
becomes
completely
like
light
, because it
π
π
5.39
S2
flames
up
destroys
it
completely
.
π
π
5.41
S2
the
intelligible
world
is
completely
imprinted
abstains
from all
π
π
5.56
S2
not[
necessarily
] also
fallen
completely
from the
contemplation
that
π
π
5.79
S2
see
the
incorporeals
is
completely
within
its
nature
. But
π
π
On Prayer
24
imagine
it would be
completely
justifiable
to
use
indignation
π
π
73
purely
unwaveringly
, and
truly
, [
completely
]
apart
from the [
passions
π
π
92
let
your
soul
by
completely
defeated
.
Instead
,
stand
firm
π
π
111
rush
mat
. They were
completely
unable
to even
briefly
π
π
115
as not to become
completely
insane
by
receiving
a
π
π
completion
Ep fid
13
purpose
was, after the
completion
of the
Εconomy
, after
π
π
component
KG
3.47
S2
a
change
in the
components
apart
from that which
π
π
compose
Gn.
41
or that which is
composed
of these
things
. But
π
π
KG
2.11
S2
With
regard
to
everything
composed
of the
four
elements
π
π
3.31
S2
the
quality
of [
something
]
composed
of
neither
form
nor
π
π
Skemmata
3
of the
reasoning
soul
composed
of
gentleness
and
temperance
π
π
Ep fid
6
but
man
who is
composed
of
body
and
soul
π
π
composite
Gn.
27
are
made
or} are
composite
that there can be
π
π
KG
2.57
S2
the
two
(others) are
composite
. The
wisdom
which
concerns
π
π
5.18
S2
that
happens
among the
composite
[
natures
]; but of the
π
π
Ep fid
5
be
simple
and not
composite
.
God
therefore
is not
π
π
32
sanctification
, and is
therefore
composite
. But who is
mad
π
π
32
the
Holy
Spirit
as
composite
, and not
simple
, and
π
π
composition
KG
1.67
S2
who can
understand
the
composition
of this
organ
of
π
π
2.66
S2
of
names
; and the
composition
of the
former
demonstrates
π
π
5.62
S1
not a
thing
having
composition
or
qualities
,
whether
missing
π
π
Skemmata
18
that
contribute
to the
composition
of a
designation
that
π
π
Ep fid
9
consubstantiality
, and
rejecting
the
composition
of the
Father
,
God
π
π
comprehend
KG
6.2
S2
just as the
angels
comprehend
spiritual
contemplation
more than
π
π
6.2
S2
impious
do the
demons
comprehend
the
dense
contemplation
- which
π
π
Ep fid
8
a
nature
which is
comprehended
in
foreknowledge
by Him
π
π
8
and which can be
comprehended
by
science
.
Every
holy
π
π
comprehension
Ep fid
21
calls
all the
exact
comprehension
of the
purposes
of
π
π
comprise
Gn.
20
ethical
character
do not
comprise
a
contemplation
of an
π
π
20
a
text
concerning
nature
[
comprise
] a
contemplation
on
nature
π
π
20
as
treat
of
nature
comprise
a
contemplation
of
ethics
π
π
20
of an
ethical
character
comprises
a
contemplation
of
nature
π
π
KG
3.36
S2
the
natural
sustasis
that
comprises
the
different
and
varied
π
π
compulsion
Gn.
2
the
soul
subject
to
compulsions
.
π
π
compunction
Prak
57
there
follow
: [1]
humility
, with [2]
compunction
, and [3]
tears
, and [4]
limitless
π
π
On Prayer
43
sunnoia
), with
reverence
and
compunction
and
distress
of
soul
π
π
Apophthegmata
7
He was
filled
with
compunction
, but was not at
π
π
col
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