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Guide to Evagrius Ponticus
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7
own
country
you would
probably
be a
bishop
and
π
π
proceed
Gn.
25
approach
the
truth
by
proceeding
not from the
end
π
π
KG
4.49
S1
practice
of
good
actions
proceeds
from the
world
to
π
π
5.90
S2
deprived
of these
two
proceeds
to
indict
the
writer
π
π
6.16
S2
Christ
is he who,
proceeding
from
essential
knowledge
and
π
π
Ep
57.1
father
. βFor we are
proceeding
to
meet
him, but
π
π
Apophthegmata
7
twice
but I will
proceed
no further.'
π
π
proclaim
Gn.
44
a
word
: that is,
proclaiming
some
things
darkly
;
using
π
π
KG
2.21
S2
that has been
made
proclaims
the
richly
-β
varied
wisdom
π
π
3.77
S2
death
, they also have
proclaimed
to us in
advance
π
π
Sent alph I
11
virtue
, but
deed
[s] to
proclaim
it.
π
π
produce
Prak
pref.2
labor
.
Words
like
these
produce
humility
and
uproot
the
π
π
19
sets
his
trap
and
produces
gloominess
just where he
π
π
21
For
terrifying
phantasms
are
produced
by the
disturbance
of
π
π
50
timing
, and which
demons
produce
what, and which
demon
π
π
54
other such
things
which
produce
pleasure
, and we
run
π
π
88
depending
on their
use
produce
both
virtues
and
vices
π
π
KG
1.37
S1
reasoning
soul
, which is
produced
by the
grace
of
π
π
1.37
S2
of the
reasoning
soul
,
produced
by the
grace
of
π
π
1.43
S1
everything
that has been
produced
is by His "
wisdom
π
π
1.50
S1
All that was
produced
was
produced
for the
π
π
1.50
S1
that was
produced
was
produced
for the
knowledge
of
π
π
1.79
S1
from
evil
, which is
produced
by the
application
of
π
π
2.64
S2
beings
some have been
produced
before the
judgement
, and
π
π
2.65
S2
worlds
that have been
produced
;
indeed
, it is not
π
π
3.51
S2
the
changes
which are
produced
before βthe
world
to
π
π
3.51
S2
those which will be
produced
after that which comes
π
π
4.6
S2
knowable
,
one
part
is
produced
in the
pure
, and
π
π
4.6
S2
not
pure
. What is
produced
in the
first
is
π
π
On Prayer
74
the
passion
of
vainglory
produces
a [
tempting
-]
thought
(
logismos
π
π
profit
Gn.
24
for the
sake
of
profit
,
well-being
, or
fleeting
glory
π
π
profitable
On Prayer
31
what is
good
and
profitable
for the
soul
; but
π
π
32
who
knows
what is
profitable
to
arrange
. And when
π
π
profound
Prak
58
sign
of the most
profound
apatheia
.
Attempt
to
practice
π
π
On Prayer
28
to
spiritual
prayer
with
profound
awe
.
π
π
123
progress
of all with
profound
joy
, as if it
π
π
progenitor
KG
6.28
S2
The
Father
is the [
pro
]genitor of
essential
knowledge
π
π
progress
Prak
43
s
help
readily
make
progress
,
amazing
them and
forcing
π
π
59
The more the
soul
progresses
, the
greater
the
opponents
π
π
61
mind
will not
make
progress
or
achieve
the
good
π
π
87
Anyone
who is
making
progress
in the
ascetical
life
π
π
87
anyone
who is
making
progress
in
contemplation
is
reducing
π
π
On Prayer
123
upon the
salvation
and
progress
of all with
profound
π
π
progressively
Gn.
9
may be
safeguarded
and
progressively
increased
.
π
π
prolixity
Ad virg.
15.2
restrain
your
tongue
from
prolixity
.
π
π
promise (n.)
KG
4.42
S2
The
promise
of the
hundredfold
is
π
π
On Prayer
130
If you
obtain
the
promises
, you will
reign
. So
π
π
promise (v.)
Prak
32
world
. What could it
promise
him that would be
π
π
58
same
time
,
since
one
promises
honour
and the other
π
π
KG
1.73
S2
of this
world
have
promised
us
knowledge
, butβthe
π
π
4.23
S2
that our
Savior
, after
promising
to
show
the
disciples
π
π
5.30
S2
that
Philistines
occupy
the
Promised
Land
. .
π
π
5.36
S2
who have
inherited
the
Promised
Land
will
slay
with
π
π
5.68
S2
through
inheritance
into the
Promised
Land
.
π
π
5.71
S2
who have
entered
the
Promised
Land
..
π
π
6.47
S2
to
enter
into the
Promised
Land
whoever
will have
π
π
Skemmata
29
vow
is a
willing
promise
of
good
things
.
π
π
promptly
KG
4.29
S2
they do not
return
promptly
to the
sun
of
π
π
proof
Prak
64
The
proof
of
apatheia
is that
π
π
Gn.
19
possible
by
means
of
proofs
.
π
π
KG
1.38
S2
that we
experience
the
proof
. In the same in
π
π
1.38
S2
we will
experience
the
proof
of them [once we
π
π
proper
Prak
15
be
engaged
in at
proper
times
and in
proper
π
π
15
proper
times
and in
proper
measure
. What is done
π
π
43
too
far
from our
proper
state
, we may
speak
π
π
64
to
behold
its [own]
proper
gentle
radiance
; that it
π
π
82
mind
,
exercising
its own
proper
activity
,
perceives
its own
π
π
Gn.
6
equally
,
continuously
, and in
proper
order
; for there is
π
π
13
It is
proper
for the
knower
to
π
π
13
and
seculars
concerning
a
proper
way
of
life
, as
π
π
16
For it is
indeed
proper
to an
angel
that
π
π
44
secondarily
- this is the
proper
work
of
continence
, according
π
π
45
the
illuminating
gentle
radiance
proper
to their
nous
.
π
π
KG
3.4
S2
It is
proper
to
angels
that they
π
π
3.4
S2
not [so
nourished
] at
proper
or
improper
times
.
π
π
5.66
S2
its
soul
to its
proper
virtues
.
π
π
5.75
S2
will
know
the
contemplation
proper
[to that
rank
].
π
π
Ep fid
38
in
relation
to their
proper
matter
, to
exclude
mind
π
π
38
or
injured
,
require
only
proper
treatment
and then
readily
π
π
Sent alph II
21
not
love
what is
proper
.
π
π
Assorted Chapters
8
The
one
who
takes
proper
thought
of himselfβof
π
π
17
Consult
him as is
proper
and you will not
π
π
On Prayer
83
to
activate
its own
proper
activity
.
π
π
properly
KG
3.53
S2
the
bodies
, can
therefore
properly
be
said
to be
π
π
5.63
S2
beginning
of
objects
, and
properly
-β
measured
knowledge
renders
visible
π
π
Ep fid
16
know
that
comparisons
may
properly
be
made
between
things
π
π
On Prayer
49
Having
prayed
properly
,
expect
what is
improper
π
π
property
Gn.
41
a
species
, or a
property
, or an
accident
, or
π
π
KG
1.60
S1
the
assets
of the
property
.
π
π
prophecy
Gn.
18
perhaps
makes
known
a
prophecy
π
π
prophesy
Prak
13
monk
βs
clothes
. [4] It
prophesies
priesthood
for him, and
π
π
prophet
KG
1.83
S2
by
one
of the
prophets
not to
drink
, we
π
π
Ep fid
4
the
words
of the
prophet
, βThey have
forsaken
me
π
π
propitiate
On Prayer
7
confess
your
sins
and
propitiate
the
Lord
by
means
π
π
propitiatory
KG
4.63
S2
The
propitiatory
is.
spiritual
knowledge
, which
π
π
proportion
Ep fid
8
creature
is
hallowed
in
proportion
to its
virtue
.
π
π
39
Creator
is
considered
in
proportion
to the
beauty
of
π
π
On Prayer
152
you are
observing
the
proportion
of your
body
, and
π
π
proportionately
Prak
48
the
inner
war
is
proportionately
harder
than that which
π
π
KG
3.38
S2
he
provides
a
body
,
proportionately
measured
for each of
π
π
propose
Prak
pref.9
the
knower
I now
propose
to
describe
in
detail
π
π
KG
3.78
S2
God
, nor could we
propose
to
make
the
demons
π
π
Skemmata
45
demonic
and those that
propose
vice
.
π
π
46
the
demonic
and those
proposing
vice
. To
evil
[
thoughts
π
π
46
opposed
]: from
nature
, from
proposing
uprightness
, and from an
π
π
proposition
Gn.
41
Every
proposition
has a
predicate
or
π
π
prostrate
KG
6.27
S2
nations
will come and
prostrate
before the
Lord
, it
π
π
6.27
S2
of the
logikoi
will
prostrate
before the
name
the
π
π
protect
On Prayer
70
STAND
on your
guard
,β
protecting
your
nous
from
thoughts
π
π
prototype
Prak
89
as
nearly
like
the
prototype
as
possible
no
matter
π
π
protracted
Ep fid
19
on
account
of the
protracted
time
. For both of
π
π
proud
Assorted Chapters
12
The
proud
soul
βan
inn
of
π
π
prove
KG
2.7
S2
death
, these[
wings
] will [
prove
to] have been of
π
π
Ep fid
9
this the
consubstantiality
is
proved
. For
God
in
essence
π
π
On Prayer
26
spared
: and you will
prove
yourself
prudent
and be
π
π
proverb
Skemmata
19
man
, according to the
proverb
.
π
π
43
from
anger
. Thus, as
Proverbs
says
, a
sad
word
π
π
Monks
137.1
in the
Lord
clear
proverbs
,
π
π
Ep fid
27
the
Wise
in the
Proverbs
, βHe was
created
;β and
π
π
40
letter
, for, as the
proverb
has it, ΟαΎΆΞ½ ΞΌΞΟΟΞΏΞ½ αΌΟΞΉΟΟΞΏΞ½.
π
π
provide
Prak
51
long
, while the
first
,
provided
it does not
stir
π
π
Gn.
18
as
possible
whether
it
provides
information
on the
Trinity
π
π
KG
2.6
S2
wings
of its
apatheia
provide
it.
π
π
2.21
S2
all among them that
provides
information
concerning
His
nature
π
π
2.64
S2
beings
], no
one
has
provided
information
, but as
regards
π
π
3.37
S2
to the
separating
limit
,
provides
information
concerning
their
orders
π
π
3.38
S2
world
, in which he
provides
a
body
,
proportionately
measured
π
π
4.43
S2
appearance
of the
ladders
provides
information
concerning
the
path
π
π
6.2
S2
is
thought
they also
provide
to some of those
π
π
Ep fid
19
sake
; for the
latter
providing
an
opportunity
for
repentance
π
π
On Prayer
27
desire
[
epithumia
]; because
desire
provides
the
matter
for
indignation
π
π
providence
Gn.
48
in the
logoi
of
providence
and
judgment
,"
said
the
π
π
48
worlds
, and those of
providence
in the
means
by
π
π
KG
1.27
S2
of
judgment
and of
providence
.
π
π
2.59
S2
are
objects
of his
providence
,
without
their being
deserving
π
π
4.89
S2
scrutinize
the
logoi
of
providence
and how the
Christ
π
π
5.4
S2
confided
the
logoi
concerning
providence
and
judgement
and those
π
π
5.7
S2
the
logoi
that
concern
providence
and
judgement
and those
π
π
5.16
S2
it the
logoi
of
providence
and the
judgement
of
π
π
5.23
S2
the
logoi
that
concern
providence
to
appear
obscurely
; and
π
π
5.24
S2
concern
the
movement
and
providence
.
π
π
6.43
S2
The
providence
of
God
accompanies
free
π
π
6.59
S2
Twofold
is the
providence
of
God
:
one
part
π
π
6.75
S2
of
freedom
, the
beneficial
providence
and the
non-abandonment
, and
π
π
6.75
S2
the
movement
of
freedom
,
providence
, the
judgment
, and that
π
π
6.75
S2
of
freedom
and the
providence
of
God
.
π
π
6.76
S2
learned
the
logoi
concerning
providence
, by which they
rapidly
π
π
Monks
132.1
The
logoi
of
providence
are
dark
, and
hard
π
π
135.2
the
logoi
of
providence
and
judgment
exalt
it
π
π
provident
On Prayer
100
creator
of the
universe
,
provident
[
administrator
] of all, on
π
π
provoke
Prak
25
that you
never
so
provoke
any of the
brethren
π
π
89
upon those
affairs
which
provoke
within
us
irrational
phantasies
π
π
KG
3.41
S2
we and the
demons
-
provoke
a
great
battle
,
one
π
π
Sent alph I
16
not
either
flatter
or
provoke
the
wealthy
.
π
π
On Prayer
81
thoughts
(
logismoi
), we
greatly
provoke
them:
since
although they
π
π
146
Rather
the
reverse
: it
provokes
the
divine
to be
π
π
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