Guide to Evagrius Ponticus

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Torment is the fiery suffering which purifies the

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On Prayer

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you, if you are fiery* in wielding the staff

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the power of God. * fiery prayer De Orat.111; cf

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nous down from its fiery* prayer. *fiery supplication DeOrat

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from its fiery* prayer. *fiery supplication DeOrat 94; cf. Cassian

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of money; fourth, sadness; fifth, anger; sixth acedia; seventh

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the fourth and the fifth are the contemplation of

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justly to be accounted fifth.

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The End of the Fifth [Century]

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matters of knowledge into fifty, plus six hundred. And

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day appears to be fifty hours long. [2] Then it

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are related to the fifty, and the former are

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the forty and the fifty.

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On Prayer

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are a hundred and fifty-three of them; and I

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into one hundred and fifty-three I am catering for

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by itself is ‘square’, fifty-three is a combination of

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obtain a hundred and fifty-three by adding up many

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day after for the fight. For terrifying phantasms are

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thought of anger by fighting in your mind the

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of indignation is to fight the demons and to

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indignation against nature to fight human beings, so as

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The demons prefer to fight worldly people by means

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natural to it to fight demons even without the

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for the ability to fight off your enemies in

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to win wisdom without fighting, and it is impossible

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it is like one fighting at night. But when

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its spirited part (thumikon) fights for virtue, and its

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know that anger always fights on behalf of pleasures

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The demons which fight with the nous are

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Demons who fight against the nous are

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head of those who fight. .

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the demon of anger fights night and day, that

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He who fights for apatheia will arm

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He who fights for apatheia will arm

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God, and he who (fights) for the truth, will

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commandments, and he who (fights) for the truth will

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by those who are fighting against God to the

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it the spirit of filial adoption.

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The former approach to fill us with spiritual contemplation

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11

lest your intellect be filled with images.

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of beings, will be filled with spiritual desire and

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Skemmata

31

is a lightless region filled with eternal darkness and

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Spirit of the Lord filleth the world;” and “Whither

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Apophthegmata

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a stranger.' He was filled with compunction, but was

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tracks down] those who fill their belly.

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of the avaricious are filled with anger of beasts

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14 (2 vers.)

and [2] sadness and the final evil, [3] utter insanity and

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and the [final] end of love is

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in itself, by which, finally, the incorporeal and the

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nature of bodies would finally make [that nature] consist

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since there cannot be found on earth men more

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with rancor may be found to have been summoned

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where he can easily find all that he needs

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is what I have found, by the grace of

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doctrine, unless there are found some who could be

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who is, you will find in all things if

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necessity, certain [ones] are found in the soul and

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seeds of virtue were found naturally in us, but

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he will also be found there.

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that another will be found, in the world to

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worlds that you will find Egypt; but in the

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removed the contemplations will find himself outside of things

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We have found that all the circumcisions

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my object; I have found a chosen vessel, a

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any one were to find fault with the physician

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view. In Scripture we find mention of three creations

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In these you will find the Holy Ghost cooperating

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in which you will find both a triangular and

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out. And failing to find them, it becomes very

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and the nous is found greatly relieved, praying soundly

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on seeking, it will find, and if it knocks

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and, if he only finds the nous loving truth

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pray truly, you will find very great assurance and

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and truth, you cannot find the fragrance of incense

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Attentiveness seeking prayer finds prayer; for prayer follows

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then you have truly found prayer

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Holy Ghost is the finger of God, as it

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if I by the finger of God cast out

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third day it is finished.

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its revenge when he finishes praying. It either: [1] enflames

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there until he had finished his word. Then he

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Only fire is distinct from the

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In angels nous and fire predominate, but in human

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Just as fire potentially possesses its body

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of knowledge - (these are) fire and air; but the

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receive an increase of fire and air; and these

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One part of fire is able to burn

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as it is not fire itself that is in

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like one who hides fire in chaff.

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into its constituent elements, fire, water, air, and earth

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them in the everlasting fire.

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the punishments, the eternal fire, worms that rest not

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they are to stand firm against all species of

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and can have no firm standing place.

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completely defeated. Instead, stand firm, making your good confession

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the face of the firmament, so when vice will

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much lighter than the first, since there cannot be

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themselves every [tempting-]thought: first is that of gluttony

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thus: certain [tempting-]thoughts first sieze the soul and

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been dissipated by the first [tempting-]thought, is humiliated

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the eighth hour (2 pm). [1] First it makes the sun

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years to come. The first [approach] cuts back the

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Some have held the first view, others the second

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when you are tempted; first speak some words with

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should pray ceaselessly. The first three, which heal the

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for long, while the first, provided it does not

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s peaceful states: [A] the first grows from natural seeds

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the demons [A] From the first there follow: [1] humility, with

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the beginnings of the first [peaceful] state will be

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It is because the first is contrary to nature

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logoi. And opposing the first is <error; against the

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place," relate : in the first place to theology; in

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to physics. Now the first text relates to ethics

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nor intimidating. For the first is ignorance of the

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but not unto the first, that which is known

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The reception of the first sower’s seed and

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and by compassion. The first [Knowledge] can be received

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turn it towards the First Cause - this is a

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To the first good there is no

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is opposed to the first is the cause of

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the sprout of the first seed.

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is said that the first is contemplation of the

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However, glory accompanies the first, psalmody the second, and

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When we were first made, the seeds of

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among beings, some are firsts, and others seconds. Older

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seconds. Older than the first beings is (spiritual) knowledge

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among beings some are first and some are second

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Knowledge is older than first beings; and the movement

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in those which are first by their genesis, then

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of those who are first in their administration and

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of those who are first by their genesis, and

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of those who are first in their administration is

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Those who are first by their genesis will

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Only those who are first in their creation will

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are caused by the first condemnation. For others that

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has birth as its first cause; another is from

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and knowledge being both first in it

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and none of the first beings which would be

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of knowledge, nor any first beings who were first

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first beings who were first in a place.

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Fathers say that the first approach the intermediaries by

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the nostrils, while the first [approach] the second through

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is said to be: first, the one who knows

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the body, and the first [nature is] the [sign

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The first renunciation of the world

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The first renunciation is voluntary abandonment

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hatred That which is first among the firsts is

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is first among the firsts is accompanied by what

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accompanied by what is first among the seconds, and

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seconds, and what is first among the seconds (is

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accompanied) by what is first among the thirds.

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to thumos. But the first accompanies first[beings], and

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But the first accompanies first[beings], and the second

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The End of the First [Century]

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The first of all (forms of

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of only four: the first, the second, the last

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which precedes it. The first, it is said, is

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The first contemplation of nature suffices

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live three lives: the first, the second and the

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and the third. The first and the second lives

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who belong to the first nature; but the third

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is said that the first life comes from what

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the others secondary. The first in power are corruptible

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distinctions who are called first -born of their brothers

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He who is first to take the ear

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of grain is the first of those who have

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second ear is the first of those who have

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third ear is the first of those who have

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those who have the first ear; and he who

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the last ear and first - he who ultimately lacks

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are called captives, and first are named captors: the

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that which concerns the first altar is prior to

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the subject of the first [beings], no one has

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It is not the first distinction of the logikoi

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Who has known the first distinction and who has

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who have seen the first and blessed light, which

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The first and second contemplations possess

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The first movement of the logikoi

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The knowledge of the first nature is the spiritual

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First natural contemplation is naturally

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known its ‘incorruptibility’. The first name - the knowledge of

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and the second -the first contemplation of nature. (1Cor

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the cause of the first is the second, and

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the troubled. And the first does not burn all

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to ascend to its first rank..

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within it it the first and blessed light. .

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cause it to see first [natural contemplation]; and the

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natural contemplation]; and the first in its turn (makes

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Just as the first trumpet has made known

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of milk, and the first that of honey; and

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Just as the first "rest" of God will

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The cause of the first life is animate nature

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hated anything of [the] first contemplation of natures, except

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in those who are first by their genesis; and

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beings subsequent to the first judgement.

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is produced in the first is called spiritual knowledge

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have plunged from the first contemplation of nature, others

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The first is only he before

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dead, and [is] the first to assume a spiritual

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doctrines and logoi . The first is nourished by the

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which is in the first contemplation, or the second

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the liver is the first [tempting-] thought that is

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If the first Israel, many of whom

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The life vivifies first the living, then those

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is contained in the first cup resembles wine, that

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a defeat of the first, when he will not

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The defeat of the first occurs when he does

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their logoi; so we first see objects, and when

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The first nature is for the

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seconds is in the first, and that of the

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and that of the first in it; but the

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the sign of the first knowledge, and Egypt the

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the creation of the first world is not preceded

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spiritual and intelligible. The first contemplation [can be]approached

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languages. The father of first is Adam, and that

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been superior to the first world; indeed, it is

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us that in [the first world] will be accomplished

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united to?] wisdom - the first of all virtues being

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The first knowledge that is in

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nous receives thoughts. The first way is through the

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that follow after the first ones, some lead and

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are those from the first pride; those from lust

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those arising from the first pride; and as unmerciful

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The first of all [tempting-]thought

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glory of the Only-begotten. First of all take the

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the end but the first fruits. It is in

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of three creations. The first is the evolution from

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wish to know God—first of all know yourself

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First, pray to receive tears

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before the altar, and first go away and be

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Pray: [1] first, for purification from the

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and drives away the first [group] that is assailing

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who always offers every first thought as [first-]fruits

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every first thought as [first-]fruits to God.

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virtue until you have first been prepared to shed

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who are called first -born of their brothers.

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The firstborn from among the dead

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"The first-born" are reasoning natures that

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Our Lord has been first-born from the dead, in

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come he will be first-born of many brothers.

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from] the inside are fish and all those with

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The intelligible [fish-]hook is the spiritual

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caught an abundance of fish: I do not think

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catering for you a ‘fish-[dinner]’ from the gospels

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the laws of circumstances ["fitting times"], [ways of] life

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only that which is fitting to the subject; because

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gnosis) will not be fit for a senseless person

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done for one of five reasons God, nature, habit

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not done by the five virgins whose lamps went

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in your mind the five causes of abandonment, so

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be raised, also the five will be raised, but

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been separated from the five will not be separated

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delivered also from the five.

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Five are the principal contemplations

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The nous, also, has five spiritual senses, by which

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The nous also possesses five spiritual senses, with which

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The five are related to the

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the four and the five, knows the forty and

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angels, also rule over five or on ten cities

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tempting] thoughts from the five senses, one should ponder

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arising from sensation are five; those from memory are

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are ten. Of these, five are pure if they

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they are accomplished well; five are impure if they

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From angels there are five spiritual [concepts]; there are

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spiritual [concepts]; there are five from demons. Of these

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from [?a]vision are five: from [1] good and [2] evil

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and twenty-five is spherical (five times five equals twenty-five

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is spherical (five times five equals twenty-five) So you

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torments him but He fixes for him a model

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you yearn] for chapters fixed in the nous (intellect

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his front paws up, fixed his claws in both

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Gazing fixedly upon the archetype, I

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Guide to Evagrius Ponticus

edited by Joel Kalvesmaki

fi

fiery

fifth

fifty

fifty-three

fight (n.)

fight (v.)

filial

fill

final

finally

find

finger

finish

fire

firm

firmament

first

firstborn

fish

fit

five

fix

fixedly