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Guide to Evagrius Ponticus
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fa
face (n.)
Prak
pref.2
with
Christ
in the
face
of those who are
π
π
11
nous
,
reflecting
back
the
face
of the
distressing
person
π
π
KG
1.49
S1
negligence
,
turns
away its
face
and, by the
fact
π
π
1.49
S2
through
inattentiveness
turns
its
face
away, and which through
π
π
4.29
S2
longer
exist
on the
face
of the
firmament
, so
π
π
4.55
S1
virtue
is the
exact
face
of the
soul
.
π
π
4.55
S2
shadow
which is the
face
of the
soul
. .
π
π
Ep fid
22
the
knowledge
which is
face
to
face
, is
dense
π
π
22
which is
face
to
face
, is
dense
. Only the
π
π
33
us and
renew
the
face
of the
earth
. For
π
π
On Prayer
46
new
worries
; [3] or the
face
of
one
who has
π
π
79
So how in the
face
of this can you
π
π
100
and
tremble
, before the
Face
of his
power
β?
π
π
107
disgorging
it into his
face
.
π
π
113
yearning
to
see
the
face
of the
Father
who
π
π
148
back
, but on your
face
, that
sinners
will
wreak
π
π
Apophthegmata
1
their
shame
before the
face
of
God
and the
π
π
1
righteous
:
confidence
in the
face
of
God
the
Father
π
π
face (v.)
Prak
48
hold
when it is
faced
with
unlawful
imaginings
.
π
π
KG
1.66
S1
to be before us,
facing
the
senses
which
see
π
π
On Prayer
pref.2
everything
is
twofold
, each
facing
the other as the
π
π
fact
Gn.
40
with
regard
to the
fact
that for each
created
π
π
KG
1.35
S1
be
known
; He, in
fact
, in his
essence
,"He
π
π
1.36
S1
sensible
. The
sense
, in
fact
, is the
power
with
π
π
1.39
S1
is not that, in
fact
, that to which we
π
π
1.49
S1
face
and, by the
fact
of being
deprived
of
π
π
1.64
S1
All
reasonable
nature
, in
fact
, is
susceptible
of an
π
π
1.66
S1
We are
ordered
, in
fact
, to "
flee
fornication
" and
π
π
1.89
S1
opposed
to it the
fact
of not being
created
π
π
2.59
S2
is
known
by the
fact
of the
transformation
of
π
π
3.33
S2
the
nous
and the
fact
that it is
eternal
π
π
3.37
S2
courses
are
varied
. The
fact
that some of them
π
π
3.76
S2
the
third
is the
fact
that we are
receptive
π
π
5.56
S1
same; we
believed
, in
fact
, that it is the
π
π
5.62
S1
excess
; it is in
fact
, a
unique
essence
, which
π
π
5.63
S1
Trinity
. It is, in
fact
, a
vision
that is
π
π
6.73
S2
the same
thing
, the
fact
that it is
incorporeal
π
π
6.73
S2
is
incorporeal
and the
fact
that it is
able
π
π
faculty
Ep fid
38
has not
included
natural
faculties
among
things
which can
π
π
fail
Prak
31
then, when its
pursuers
fail
, it
approaches
shamelessly
and
π
π
Ep fid
33
when we shall have
failed
and
returned
to our
π
π
On Prayer
10
seek
them out. And
failing
to
find
them, it
π
π
failure
Prak
7
and [
resultant
]
congestive
heart
failure
are
depicted
,
along
with
π
π
On Prayer
43
as you
confess
your
failures
with
silent
groans
.
π
π
faint-heartedness
Gn.
28
perceive
the [
kinds
of]
faint-heartedness
which are
destroyed
by
π
π
fairly
On Prayer
24
matter
to be
settled
fairly
without
indignation
.
Employ
every
π
π
faith
Prak
pref.3
from
men
and
chasing
faith
away. For how it
π
π
pref.4
a
symbol
of the
faith
in
Christ
that
sustains
π
π
pref.8
them: [when
conferring
it] : "
Faith
, o [my]
child
is
π
π
84
in each
case
is
faith
and
natural
contemplation
. The
π
π
KG
3.83
S2
Faith
is a
voluntary
good
π
π
4.48
S2
The
intelligible
turban
is
faith
which is
inflexible
and
π
π
4.75
S1
in the
science
of
faith
.
π
π
Monks
3.1
Faith
is the
beginning
of
π
π
Ep fid
title
withdrawal
, and
concerning
the
faith
.
π
π
4
your
knowledge
of the
faith
. This is
ever
their
π
π
4
and β
begotten
β into our
faith
, and
asserts
that there
π
π
37
have
heeded
the
right
faith
, for
otherwise
none
shall
π
π
38
that
arise
thence,
requires
faith
and
right
conversation
which
π
π
On Prayer
pref.3
and [3]
theologikΓ©
[
theology
]; or [1]
faith
[2]
hope
, and [3]
love
; or
π
π
92
your
good
confession
of
faith
, and you will
easily
π
π
fall (n.)
Prak
14
soul
to its
worst
fall
. It
urges
it: [1] not
π
π
Gn.
25
able
to
resist
the
falls
that this
contemplation
entails
π
π
fall (v.)
Prak
23
God
, you will
immediately
fall
victim
to the
demon
π
π
72
crushing
me
wearied
and
fell
.β
π
π
KG
1.36
S1
sensible
is that which
falls
under the
organs
of
π
π
2.48
S2
of the
soul
, it
falls
on
demons
.
π
π
3.28
S2
which, through
negligence
, has
fallen
from the
Unity
; and
π
π
3.34
S2
abundance
of
thumos
, has
fallen
from the
service
of
π
π
4.6
S2
spiritual
knowledge
; and what
falls
to the
second
goes
π
π
4.10
S2
and
still
others are
fallen
from the
blessed
Trinity
π
π
4.29
S2
well
- the
stars
will
fall
for them, if they
π
π
4.34
S2
into which he will
fall
; because it is
said
π
π
4.67
S2
Objects
which
fall
beneath
the
soul
through
π
π
4.67
S2
externally
: and [the
nous
]
falls
into
danger
if it
π
π
4.81
S2
not
possess
objects
which
fall
beneath
it.
π
π
5.11
S2
abundance
of
thumos
, has
fallen
the
praktike
and has
π
π
5.38
S1
his
doctrine
, he will
fall
from the
truth
and
π
π
5.56
S2
has not[
necessarily
] also
fallen
completely
from the
contemplation
π
π
5.79
S2
Everything
that
falls
under the
nous
β
power
π
π
Skemmata
13
the
nous
that has
fallen
[lit.
moved
] through
passion
π
π
Monks
42.2
hates
his
brother
will
fall
very
deeply
.
π
π
Ep
57.1
very
disheartened
concerning
the
falling
asleep
of our
revered
π
π
Ep fid
13
to
save
us from
falling
in
one
direction
while
π
π
13
and so by
omission
falling
into
impiety
.
π
π
18
to
Jericho
and so
fell
among
thieves
. Will the
π
π
31
which,
like
lightning
, is
fallen
from
heaven
and
fell
π
π
31
fallen
from
heaven
and
fell
out of the
true
π
π
31
So when it had
fallen
away from the
Unity
π
π
On Prayer
133
has
happened
,
lest
you
fall
prey
to an
ambush
π
π
135
to
stand
, they will
fall
beneath
my
feet
β and
π
π
fallen
Gn.
50
gaining
[
back
] of the
fallen
-βaway.
π
π
Skemmata
48
some
arise
from the
fallen
[lit. β
moved
β]
soul
, while
π
π
59
Of the
fallen
passions
, some are
moved
π
π
false
Gn.
43
of the
gnostikos
is
false
knowledge
concerning
matters
themselves
π
π
KG
4.53
S2
with
viciousness
and with
false
doctrines
; they
run
aground
π
π
5.38
S2
takes
the
lead
in
false
teachings
and
opinions
.
π
π
Monks
43.2
one
who
clings
to
false
knowledge
will
end
shamefully
π
π
falsehood
On Prayer
127
Avoid
falsehood
and
every
oath
[if
π
π
Instr
8
given
the
water
of
falsehood
.
π
π
falsely
Ep fid
11
except
the
unreal
gods
falsely
so
called
. As for
π
π
fame
KG
4.75
S1
is
accustomed
to
win
fame
in
works
of
beautiful
π
π
4.75
S2
is
accustomed
to
win
fame
in
works
and in
π
π
Assorted Chapters
11
the
soul
that
loves
fame
.
π
π
family
Prak
12
of the
monk
βs
family
and his
previous
way
π
π
54
like
meetings
with
friends
,
family
feasts
,
women
dancing
and
π
π
KG
5.73
S2
as if
towards
its
family
and
friends
.
π
π
fantasize
Prak
23
of
prayer
[you will]
fantasize
images
: and not [being
π
π
fantasy
Prak
13
it
raises
up a
fantasy
of
demons
shouting
, [2] and
π
π
23
of the
time
in
fantasies
of
pleasures
. For the
π
π
46
God
and
towards
forbidden
fantasies
which I have not
π
π
71
the
soul
into
shameful
fantasies
. But β
psalms
and
hymns
π
π
76
the
soul
into
lewd
fantasies
.
π
π
89
provoke
within
us
irrational
phantasies
. [2B] of
Charity
: all
π
π
91
was being
troubled
by
fantasies
at
night
by
bidding
π
π
KG
1.80
S1
to
men
as
certain
fantasies
in
combat
, according to
π
π
Skemmata
52
some are
preceded
by
fantasies
of their own [
items
π
π
Monks
11.2
while
sleeping
see
evil
fantasies
.
π
π
11.4
so
hunger
extinguishes
shameful
fantasies
.
π
π
On Prayer
46
the
memory
brings
you
fantasies
of
either
: [1]
ancient
issues
π
π
69
to
create
some
strange
fantasy
in the
nous
, and
π
π
far
Prak
pref.3
do
good
will
appear
far
more
precious
than the
π
π
43
we are
driven
too
far
from our
proper
state
π
π
Gn.
18
necessary
to
examine
as
far
as
possible
whether
it
π
π
19
to
establish
them as
far
as
possible
by
means
π
π
KG
3.49
S2
it has not
cast
far
from it
ignorance
of
π
π
3.90
S2
and
chases
the
nous
far
from
contemplation
at the
π
π
5.12
S2
its
thought
and
rejecting
far
from it the
sensitive
π
π
5.13
S2
to those who
sleep
far
from it.
π
π
6.22
S2
world
will be
kept
far
from the
knowledge
of
π
π
Ad virg.
8.1
Put
indignation
and
anger
far
away from you,
π
π
Ep fid
3
help
, I have, so
far
as in me
lies
π
π
30
before us is, so
far
as my
ability
goes
π
π
On Prayer
pref.4
not
forgotten
him who,
far
from
rejecting
the
widow
π
π
56
and thus
still
be
far
from
God
.
π
π
57
nous
, and
leading
it
far
away from
God
.
π
π
78
of
sin
,
examine
how
far
you have
moved
from
π
π
94
will
instantly
be
driven
far
away,
invisibly
and
secretly
π
π
152
blessed
path
is
still
far
from you.
π
π
fashion
KG
6.1
S2
taught
in an
obvious
fashion
.
π
π
Exhortations to Monks
1.13
of
sins
, after the
fashion
of a
whetstone
wiping
π
π
fast
Prak
40
exhort
the
weak
to
fast
and those who are
π
π
49
whole
time
or to
fast
the
whole
time
, but
π
π
91
serve
the
sick
while
fasting
When
asked
, he
said
π
π
Exhortations to Monks
1.1
is
cut
away by
fasting
; The
intemperance
of
fornication
π
π
fasten
Prak
84
contemplation
. The
demons
which
fasten
on to the
passionate
π
π
On Prayer
109
a
snake
came and
fastened
upon his
foot
. But
π
π
fat
KG
4.36
S2
The
intelligilble
fat
is the
thickness
which
π
π
fate
Sent alph I
10
The
worst
[
fate
] is to be a
π
π
Apophthegmata
1
terrible
judgement
.
Consider
the
fate
kept
for
sinners
, their
π
π
father
Prak
pref.1
this from the
holy
fathers
.
π
π
pref.8
are the
words
the
fathers
always
say
to them
π
π
52
been
called
by the
fathers
a
rehearsal
for
death
π
π
92
manage
to
survive
, O
father
,
without
the
comfort
of
π
π
94
once
visited
the
holy
father
Macarius
right
in the
π
π
95
the
death
of his
father
He
said
to the
π
π
95
news
, β
Stop
blaspheming
my
father
is
immortal
β.
π
π
ep
those of the
holy
fathers
who now
water
me
π
π
KG
1.65
S2
of our
Savior
, the
Father
judges
no
one
, but
π
π
1.68
S1
of the
thumos
. The
Fathers
say
that the
first
π
π
1.71
S1
to
incomprehensibility
, as the
Fathers
say
, there is no
π
π
2.22
S2
the
nature
of the
Father
, so the
reasoning
nature
π
π
2.89
S2
the
right
of the
Father
alone
has
knowledge
of
π
π
3.1
S2
The
Father
alone
knows
the
Christ
π
π
3.1
S2
Son
alone
[
knows
] the
Father
, the
latter
as
unique
π
π
4.3
S2
Him is in His
Father
.
π
π
4.21
S2
the
right
of his
Father
; the
right
which here
π
π
4.78
S2
he
inherits
; but the
Father
is only
inherited
.
π
π
5.6
S2
that from which their
fathers
have come up from
π
π
6.3
S2
also by
languages
. The
father
of
first
is
Adam
π
π
6.4
S2
The
Father
is
considered
before the
π
π
6.4
S2
before the
Son
as
Father
, before the
Holy
Spirit
π
π
6.14
S2
is
connatural
with his
Father
, because he is also
π
π
6.20
S2
creator
of the
incorporeals
,
father
of the
logikoi
and
π
π
6.20
S2
creation
of the
incorporeals
:
Father
of the
Christ
, and
π
π
6.20
S2
modes
. And he is
Father
and
Principle
even before
π
π
6.27
S2
will
make
known
the
Father
Who is in Him
π
π
6.28
S2
The
Father
is the [
pro
]genitor
π
π
6.29
S2
The
Father
is he who has
π
π
6.30
S2
The
Father
is he who has
π
π
6.31
S2
someone
, as by a
father
1
π
π
6.33
S2
submitted
to
God
the
Father
and will
delight
in
π
π
6.34
S2
knowledge
of
God
the
Father
.
π
π
6.77
S2
of
Christ
from the
Father
, or his
arrival
from
π
π
6.79
S1 (+1)
is
coessential
with the
Father
.
π
π
Skemmata
56
are those [
arising
] from
father
,
mother
,
wife
, and
children
π
π
Monks
2.1
A
good
father
trains
his
sons
;
π
π
2.2
but an
evil
father
will
destroy
them.
π
π
Ep
57.1
asleep
of our
revered
father
. βFor we are
proceeding
π
π
57.1
the
death
of my
father
nothing
on the
earth
π
π
57.3
also of how our
fathers
are our
fathers
only
π
π
57.3
our
fathers
are our
fathers
only with
regard
to
π
π
57.3
but
God
is the
Father
of the
soul
. In
π
π
57.3
the
son
disheartens
the
father
, so also the
disorder
π
π
57.3
soul
disheartens
God
. A
father
, at the
sickness
of
π
π
57.4
believe
, is our
revered
father
, for he was
merciful
π
π
57.5
holy
grave
, where our
father
Abraham
and his
sons
π
π
Ep fid
1
a
runaway
from a
father
βs
heart
and
home
π
π
4
nature
and
eternally
a
Father
became a
Father
; that
π
π
4
a
Father
became a
Father
; that the
Holy
Ghost
π
π
4
to
confess
that the
Father
is
God
, the
Son
π
π
9
like
, nor
unlike
the
Father
. Each of these
terms
π
π
9
the
composition
of the
Father
,
God
in
substance
, Who
π
π
11
but
one
god
, the
Father
, of whom are all
π
π
12
he
add
the
word
Father
and
make
mention
of
π
π
12
further
addition
of βthe
Father
,β
expressing
Him of Whom
π
π
14
live
because of the
Father
,β for this is
one
π
π
14
lived
because of the
Father
to be this
life
π
π
14
lived
because of the
Father
,β but βI
live
because
π
π
14
live
because of the
Father
,β
clearly
indicating
the
present
π
π
16
And again, βMy
Father
is
greater
than I
π
π
16
the
Son
with the
Father
is
set
forth
. For
π
π
16
same
species
, and the
Father
by
comparison
is
said
π
π
16
same
substance
as the
Father
.
π
π
17
made
flesh
β
confesses
His
Father
to be
greater
than
π
π
18
is
less
than the
Father
; for your
sakes
He
π
π
20
the
seasons
which the
Father
hath
put
in His
π
π
21
He
attributes
to the
Father
alone
, an
hour
. I
π
π
22
is
dense
. Only the
Father
, He
says
,
knows
,
since
π
π
22
that of
God
the
Father
.
π
π
24
of the
words
βmy
Father
is
greater
than I
π
π
24
is
prepared
by my
Father
.β This too is what
π
π
24
to
God
even the
Father
;β
inasmuch
as according to
π
π
24
the
seasons
which the
Father
hath
put
in His
π
π
24
blood
. This
contemplation
the
Father
hath
put
away in
π
π
25
and Thou are
one
,
Father
.β For when
God
, Who
π
π
29
same
nature
as the
Father
. For if
every
rational
π
π
29
and
substance
with the
Father
. Again; no
creature
can
π
π
29
and
substance
with the
Father
.
π
π
30
and
substance
with the
Father
. How,
tell
me, can
π
π
32
and
consubstantial
with the
Father
and the
Son
?
π
π
33
Ghost
cooperating
with the
Father
and the
Son
. There
π
π
33
Ghost
present
with the
Father
and the
Son
. And
π
π
33
the
name
of the
Father
and of the
Son
π
π
35
right
hand
of the
Father
? For βthe
right
hand
π
π
35
same
nature
as the
Father
and the
Son
.
π
π
40
with
thanks
to the
Father
, the
Son
and the
π
π
On Prayer
55
converses
with him as
Father
,
turning
away
every
impassioned
π
π
59
this by
saying
, the
Father
is
worshipped
in
spirit
π
π
113
the
face
of the
Father
who is in
heaven
π
π
Apophthegmata
1
face
of
God
the
Father
and His
Son
, the
π
π
6
that
one
of the
Fathers
used
to
say
, '
Eat
π
π
Instr
9
the
wealth
of the
fathers
is
watched
over, and
π
π
14
the
treasure
of their
fathers
.
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π
fatherland
Ep fid
1
of
friendship
and of
fatherland
, and
press
me
urgently
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π
fault
Prak
33
life
and your
old
faults
, and how, when you
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π
KG
3.90
S1 (+1)
it is not at
fault
in
order
to
attract
π
π
Ep fid
18
one
were to
find
fault
with the
physician
for
π
π
Apophthegmata
4
there will be no
fault
in your
soul
.
π
π
favor
KG
4.60
S2
organon
? They
testify
in
favor
of my
words
, who
π
π
Ep fid
9
name
is
given
by
favour
, in the
latter
untruly
π
π
Sent alph II
16
unable
to
return
the
favour
.
π
π
favorable
On Prayer
147
needful
to
offer
a
favorable
incense
to
God
at
π
π
ey
fe
π
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