Guide to Evagrius Ponticus

Paris. Gr. 923, fol. 290r

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Laban

Ep fid

is to be my Laban, setting me free from

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labor (n.)

Prak

too weak for such labours; but prayer makes the

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Sent alph II

to flee from the labors by which the honors

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On Prayer

work unguarded after your labor, otherwise you do not

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Exhortations to Monks

1.5

the house the builder labors’ and attempts to guard

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labor (v.)

Prak

pref.2

the builder and watchman labor. Words like these produce

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naked combat. Against those laboring at virtue in monasteries

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57.4

and joined us with laboring bodies, as it is

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lack

Prak

along with long sickness, lack of necessities, and unavailability

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make up for our lack of other things by

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the extent that we lack the taste of knowledge

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very moment, and they lack even shade' Then, when

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Gn.

good. And, if he lacks money, he will shake

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2.49 S2

first - he who ultimately lacks the power of the

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3.35 S2

second the third. [*Syriac lacks spiritual]

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6.60 S2

spiritual doctrine, or which lacks seeds sown by the

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On Prayer

unpleasant things will not lack a share in what

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147

If god who lacks nothing and is impartial

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ladder

4.43 S2

to Jacob on the ladder designates natural contemplation, the

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4.43 S2

the appearance of the ladders provides information concerning the

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4.43 S2

of the Unity, the ladder is the symbol of

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laid

Prak

left the world which laid you low so often

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lake

Prak

northern part of the lake called Maria, and a

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lamb

6.20 S2

and again door, way, lamb, high priest, with the

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lamentation

57.2

I, though also in lamentation, was called upon for

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57.5

beginning knowledge emerged as lamentation touched me, and they

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lamp

Gn.

the five virgins whose lamps went out.

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4.29 S2

are illuminated by the [lamp-] oil of Christ and

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land

Gn.

the animals of dry land and waters, and the

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1.31 S2

Israel and among the lands of the land of

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1.31 S2

the lands of the land of Judah and in

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1.83 S2

that surrounds the whole land of [Ethiopia] Cush, from

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3.67 S2

is there that the "land flows with milk and

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5.30 S2

Philistines occupy the Promised Land. .

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5.36 S2

have inherited the Promised Land will slay with all

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5.68 S2

inheritance into the Promised Land.

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5.71 S2

have entered the Promised Land..

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6.47 S2

enter into the Promised Land whoever will have followed

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6.49 S2

desert the praktike the land of Juda the contemplation

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Ep fid

sound to his own land the man who went

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language

4.35 S2

If the gift of languages is a gift of

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4.35 S2

do not speak in languages. But it is said

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4.35 S2

study, they know the languages of men; and this

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4.35 S2

has said that their languages also vary, like those

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4.35 S2

there are even ancient languages among them, with the

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4.35 S2

use of the Hebrew language, and to Greeks there

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4.35 S2

speak in the Greek language, and so on for

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4.54 S1

In all the languages, the names and the

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4.54 S1

the objects. Thus, the language of the holy Spirit

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4.54 S2

In all languages words make known names

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4.54 S2

offered in the Hebrew language were transformed into the

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4.54 S2

the words of (other) languages; [and] because of this

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6.3 S2

places, by laws, by languages, by clothes and sometimes

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6.3 S2

is said, also by languages. The father of first

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large

Gn.

single logos, but a large number, according to the

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4.37 S2

and all those with large throats; those that breathe

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5.16 S2

The intelligible (large or storm-) cloud is

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On Prayer

pref.1

think they are [very] large, but there are a

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lash

On Prayer

against us, the nous lashes out and is not

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last (adj.)

1.68 S1

the mouth, and the last the intermediaries by the

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2.4 S2

first, the second, the last and that which precedes

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2.49 S2

who abandons [both] the last ear and first - he

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2.77 S2

[In] the last judgement it is not

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3.8 S2

nous which possesses the last robe is that which

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3.40 S2

The ‘last trumpet’ (1Cor 15:52) is the

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3.66 S2

same way will ‘the last trumpet’ make known the

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4.34 S2

what you pay the last penny," that is a

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5.3 S2

who are in the last world see something of

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5.89 S2

the destruction of the last world will not be

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Skemmata

be one] on the last day.

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Ep fid

him up at the last day.” He calls the

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no other, as the last day: for our intelligence

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last (v.)

Prak

the second does not last for long, while the

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Ep fid

I am acquiring a lasting habit of contemplation. Such

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late

Prak

with passion, we shall later remember with passion. So

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3.59 S2

these parts that vices later happen to us. And

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On Prayer

you will receive it later. And in the parable

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latter

Prak

pref.8

strengthened] by continence. This latter [virtue] is made unshakable

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towards the demons. The latter, however, dragging us towards

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seeing the vices; the latter keep it from glimpsing

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with spiritual contemplation, the latter to cast the soul

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state of peace, the latter by a state of

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Gn.

soul, and against the latter, for the most part

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their logoi; for this latter belongs to wisdom alone

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2.9 S2

the former heal the latter and urge them on

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2.10 S2

to our infirmity, the latter is considered superior to

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2.35 S2

the flavor of the latter; by means of touching

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2.39 S2

the knowledge of the latter.

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2.47 S2

one quality and the latter are creatures; whereas the

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2.66 S2

in rank of the latter.

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2.68 S2

they; while below the latter are those heavier than

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2.80 S2

varied still] than the latter is the contemplation which

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2.80 S2

of Knowers, and the latter are susceptible of the

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3.1 S2

knows] the Father, the latter as unique[?only-begotten?] in

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3.41 S2

against the other: the latter through wanting to prevent

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3.61 S2

natural contemplation; and the latter cause it to see

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4.18 S2

the beginning. 5 Rather the latter [God] because of the

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4.18 S2

anointed] because of the latter [God] is God.

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4.23 S2

of God, if the latter is contemplation, and the

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4.33 S2

human. And if these latter acquire them, they then

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4.74 S2

is evident that the latter have come also to

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5.52 S2

nous) purer than the latter [needs] the Blessed Trinity

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5.67 S2

trees and if the latter grow in water, it

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Skemmata

others by assent. The latter [harm] by the committing

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Ep fid

by favour, in the latter untruly. God alone is

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s sake; for the latter providing an opportunity for

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laudably

On Prayer

you wish to pray laudably, deny yourself every hour

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laugh

Gn.

that equipment, and by laughing [they] will remind you

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laughing-stock

6.36 S2

be the plaything (or laughing-stock) of the angels of

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laughter

On Prayer

148

be a source of laughter for them , as they

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Exhortations to Monks

1.9

Unbalanced laughter obliterates a humble disposition

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law

Prak

but there is a law that we should pray

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no longer remembers the law or the commandments or

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Gn.

the logoi and the laws of circumstances ["fitting times

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5.38 S2

he does what the law forbids and [defeat] of

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5.44 S2

in accordance with the law abstain from wine, the

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5.44 S2

abstain from wine, the law has therefore ordained that

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6.3 S2

another by places, by laws, by languages, by clothes

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Ep fid

from your servitude? “The law,” it is said, “of

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me free from the law of sin.”

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Sent alph I

By honoring the law you will live in

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in accordance with the law.

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On Prayer

amounts, according to the Law. This signifies the tetrad

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lawful

Ep fid

which it is not lawful for a man to

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lawless

On Prayer

entails, and immediately the lawless movement of your soul

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Instr

Lawless sons scatter wealth, and

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lawlessly

Skemmata

says or does something lawlessly to an idol that

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lawsuit

Gn.

be involved in a lawsuit, whether as plaintiff or

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lay

1.36 S2

power by which we lay hold of matters; the

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1.79 S2

second renunciation is the laying aside of vice, which

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On Prayer

139

the evil demons themselves lay claim to the spiritual

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Instr

a river hard to lay hold of, so the