Paris. Gr. 923, fol. 290r
Guide to Evagrius Ponticus
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ea
eager
Gn.
46
of
temptation
; and with
eager
zeal
feed
those who
π
π
Ep fid
20
they whom we are
eager
to
entertain
are
friends
π
π
Sent alph I
21
Eager
for
work
is he
π
π
Assorted Chapters
7
free
of
sadness
, be
eager
to
please
God
.
π
π
On Prayer
10
see
that you are
eager
to
truly
pray
, they
π
π
Instr
6
and you will be
eager
for
peace
and you
π
π
eagerly
Prak
32
of
knowledge
, we should
eagerly
engage
in the
ascetical
π
π
89
the
enemies
and [3B]
eagerly
to
endure
afflictions
belongs
π
π
On Prayer
41
to
human
praise
and
eagerly
hunt
for it,
using
π
π
69
it was
pressing
on
eagerly
to
immaterial
and
formless
π
π
88
good
cheer
and
persevere
eagerly
in
holy
prayer
.
π
π
eagerness
Prak
57
for
God
, and [5]
immeasurable
eagerness
for [our
assigned
]
task
π
π
Exhortations to Monks
1.13
Eagerness
,
yearning
, and
bodily
mortification
π
π
eagle
On Prayer
82
be
like
the
young
eagle
borne
aloft
in the
π
π
ear
KG
2.25
S2
called
grain
of the
ear
to come, so also
π
π
2.49
S2
first
to
take
the
ear
of
grain
is the
π
π
2.49
S2
who
takes
the
second
ear
is the
first
of
π
π
2.49
S2
who
takes
the
third
ear
is the
first
of
π
π
2.49
S2
who have the
first
ear
; and he who
takes
π
π
2.49
S2
who have the
second
ear
; and so on with
π
π
2.49
S2
abandons
[both] the
last
ear
and
first
- he who
π
π
Ep fid
36
and
cultivate
the
ripe
ear
for yourselves, for, as
π
π
Sent alph I
24
From
ears
and
tongue
the
danger
π
π
early
Prak
10
the
case
that these
earlier
things
are
gone
and
π
π
earnest
On Prayer
48
of
one
who is
earnest
, it
lets
up for
π
π
earth
Prak
pref.2
Day-Star
down to the
earth
.
π
π
5
cannot be
found
on
earth
men
more
bitter
than
π
π
19
attachment
to
anything
on
earth
, it is
impossible
for
π
π
Gn.
16
what is upon the
earth
escapes
it.
π
π
KG
1.23
S2
logoi
] of
things
on
earth
are the
good
[
things
π
π
1.23
S2
good
[
things
] of the
earth
; but if the
holy
π
π
1.23
S2
the
goods
of the
earth
. But it is
said
π
π
1.23
S2
which is in the
earth
is also
known
by
π
π
1.68
S2
human
beings
epithumia
and
earth
, and among
demons
thumos
π
π
3.37
S2
the
shadow
of the
earth
, others
outside
of it
π
π
3.64
S2
all the
things
on
earth
that
gives
pleasure
like
π
π
3.65
S2
as
disciples
on the
earth
will
establish
the
former
π
π
3.79
S2
are now under the
earth
will
carry
away to
π
π
3.79
S2
made
the
things
of
earth
- the
poor
wretches
!
π
π
4.29
S2
Just as if the
earth
were
destroyed
night
would
π
π
5.8
S2
who have
cultivated
their
earth
during the
six
years
π
π
5.16
S2
those who are on
earth
.
π
π
5.33
S2
steward
} cannot
till
the
earth
because he has
forsaken
π
π
5.64
S2
things
that are on
earth
.
π
π
6.26
S2
demons
it is not
earth
itself nor
water
itself
π
π
Skemmata
25
the
logoi
of the
earth
.
π
π
Ep
57.1
father
nothing
on the
earth
would be
left
for
π
π
57.4
lowest
parts
of the
earth
so that they might
π
π
57.4
Lord
βs, but the
earth
he
gave
to
men
π
π
Ep fid
6
fire
,
water
,
air
, and
earth
. Again,
man
is
called
π
π
23
dense
and
bound
to
earth
, it is both
commingled
π
π
29
in
heaven
and in
earth
.
Therefore
the
Son
is
π
π
33
the
face
of the
earth
. For what the
holy
π
π
On Prayer
4
the
bush
burning
on
earth
, until he had
taken
π
π
Instr
11
death
, coming
back
to
earth
again.
π
π
earthen
Ep fid
26
my
brothers
,
lest
the
earthen
vessels
which
hold
the
π
π
earthly
KG
1.3
S2
caused
to be,
like
earthly
science
; but
different
from
π
π
Skemmata
26
nous
destructive
of
every
earthly
thought
.
π
π
Ep fid
37
set
free
from this
earthly
body
,
clad
in the
π
π
easily
Prak
12
places
where he can
easily
find
all that he
π
π
13
especially
subtle
and it
easily
infiltrates
those whose
lives
π
π
48
is
something
which is
easily
moved
, and
hard
to
π
π
83
obtained
apatheia
, it will
easily
recognise
the
wiles
of
π
π
Gn.
5
touched
knowledge
yet
is
easily
moved
to
anger
is
π
π
12
of those who are
easily
scandalized
.
π
π
15
so that you can
easily
tell
each what is
π
π
36
concerning
judgement
, for this
easily
engenders
[their]
contempt
: for
π
π
KG
3.12
S2
which is
able
to
easily
receive
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
4.7
S2
it the
art
of
easily
becoming a
seer
.
π
π
5.78
S2
motion
; and they are
easily
known
by those who
π
π
On Prayer
7
be
able
to [more]
easily
confess
your
sins
and
π
π
69
And [the
nous
] will
easily
yield
to its
influence
π
π
92
faith
, and you will
easily
look
upon your
enemies
π
π
east
KG
3.60
S2
The β
sign
of the
East
β is the
symbol
of
π
π
easy
Prak
12
needs
and
practice
an
easier
, more
convenient
craft
After
π
π
48
much
as it is
easier
to
sin
in
intent
π
π
eat
Prak
94
water
or
sleep
I
ate
my
bread
by
weight
π
π
96
he would
bid
him
eat
with his
mother
and
π
π
96
He
said
, βDo not
eat
with a
woman
β.
π
π
KG
1.23
S2
the
angels
of
God
eat
the
goods
of the
π
π
1.23
S2
it is
said
,
Man
eats
the
bread
of
angels
π
π
2.44
S2
Not all the
saints
eat
the
bread
, but all
π
π
5.35
S2
received
the
order
to
eat
the
former
by the
π
π
5.35
S2
the
praktike
that we
ate
the
former
.
π
π
Monks
15.4
but
rather
eat
your
morsel
with him
π
π
118.2
one
who
eats
it will
acquire
apatheia
π
π
Ad virg.
9.1
say
, β
Today
I will
eat
but I will not
π
π
9.1
but I will not
eat
tomorrow
,β
π
π
10.1
Eating
meat
is not
decent
π
π
Ep fid
15
what
follows
. βHe that
eateth
me,β He
says
, βhe
π
π
15
of me;β for we
eat
His
flesh
, and
drink
π
π
Assorted Chapters
18
the
truly
poor
also
eats
of
Christ
.
π
π
19
True
strength
β
eating
the
body
of
Christ
π
π
Apophthegmata
6
Fathers
used
to
say
, '
Eat
a
little
without
irregularity
π
π
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