Guide to Evagrius Ponticus

Prak

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The wandering nous is stabilized by [1] reading, [2] vigils and

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bodies that have been stable in the series of

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On Prayer

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God. So then, what stable state must the nous

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Prak

pref.7

The staff is a tree of

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On Prayer

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fiery* in wielding the staff of supplication to God

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Prak

13

him, and sets the stage with people thronging at

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soul (remains without being stained) by things that are

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On Prayer

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contemplations of issues they stamp [their] impression on the

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permit any form to stamp an impression on your

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Gn.

47

of evil desiring is stanched by self-control.

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Prak

40

to sing psalms while standing.

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that we shall not stand before the Lord our

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the virtues, [1A.3] to stand prepared against the vices

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Gn.

46

to place the table standing towards the North. The

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46

and they are to stand firm against all species

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the mind [nous] always stands and waits [to ascertain

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if a dark cloud stands before the mind and

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was killed is not standing by the door and

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in which it will stand it will know the

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Ep fid

32

the two following passages stand? “The Spirit of the

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On Prayer

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Stand patiently toiling, and pray

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Then when [the nous] stands for prayer, the demons

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Exert your nous to stand at the time of

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certain occasions when you stand for prayer you instantly

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on occasion an angel stands for us, then all

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us, then all who stand against us immediately vanish

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See whether you truly stand before God in your

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the knowledge that you stand [before God]. For the

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what is improper; and stand courageously to keep guard

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68

and undisturbed, suddenly there stands before you some strange

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“STAND on your guard,” protecting

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70

prayer: and take your stand on your own [inner

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can have no firm standing place.

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rather he seems to stand purely before [God]. So

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then on the nous stands without any agitation from

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of this can you stand boldly before the Lord

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us to pray and stand with us, rejoicing and

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from God, while it stands beside Him in reverence

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

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94

the dogs will not stand against you, if you

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prayer, why do you stand before Him so irrationally

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135

will be unable to stand, they will fall beneath

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145

of the angels who stand by, clothing itself in

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153

When standing to pray becomes a

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"The stars are superior to one

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The intelligible ‘star’s are reasoning natures

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the sign of [the] stars; and stars are those

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of [the] stars; and stars are those to whom

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Christ and see the stars, according to the knowledge

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them as well - the stars will fall for them

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Just as the star hidden by the interposition

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the interposition of another star is higher than it

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salvation, but also the stars themselves; if in the

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Skemmata

18

except contemplation of the stars. In the Trinity, [there

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On Prayer

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the nous is still staring around at the time

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146

Just as staring intently and directly at

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Prak

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readily leaps upon such states and, like a dog

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far from our proper state, we may speak out

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The State Approaching Apatheia

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the soul's peaceful states: [A] the first grows from

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of the first [peaceful] state will be even more

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are followed by a state of peace, the latter

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the latter by a state of turmoil.

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to people according to state they have attained.

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1.86 S1

Love is the excellent state of the reasonable soul

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Love is the excellent state of the reasoning soul

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Just as varied [states?] orders distinguish the logikoi

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also in the (same) state; but they are not

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are in the same state who are from now

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sign of the human state is the human body

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the sign of each state is the greatness of

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unleavened loaves are the state of the reasoning soul

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intelligible ephod is the state of the reasoning soul

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passibility has the impassible state.

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and peace is the state of dispassion of the

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intelligible path is the state of the reasoning soul

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that puts on the state of the nous as

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Virtue is that state of the reasoning soul

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him in his corporeal state come with him from

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because of the psychic state they had achieved that

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Skemmata

2

any would see the state of the[ir] nous

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Apatheia is [the] quiet state of the reasoning soul

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The state of the nous is

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moves from an imageless state to thoughts or to

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these to the imageless state. This happens to it

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Prayer is a state of the nous destructive

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Prayer is the state of the nous [illuminated

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On Prayer

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receptive of the desired state.

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3

So then, what stable state must the nous possess

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27

eye [and] abusing the state of prayer.

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48

thus] ruining the excellent state that, through prayer, has

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customarily appears in the state of prayer.

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53

The state of prayer is a

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Exhortations to Monks

1.6

cannot know [his innermost] state without tranquility.

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Apophthegmata

1

and think about the state of the souls down

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Ep fid

20

much for a rough statement by way of preliminary

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and also of the statement, “It is not mine

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quite otherwise, like a statue and its bronze.

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as [if] in the statue, if he happened to

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have made a wooden statue.

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Prak

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nay invent; we should stay in it and persevere

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On Prayer

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feet] and let them stay there until he had

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Gn.

44

have received. (2) Courage is steadfast perseverance in the truth

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On Prayer

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more as you continue steadfastly in prayer. For what

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On Prayer

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nous a position of steadiness, rendering it receptive of

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Prak

pref.8

o [my] child is steadied by the fear of

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on what day he steals from those who sleep

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Ep fid

37

is, if we have steered our own life’s

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Prak

39

Because of the prevailing stench in demons, the soul

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diminish and a strong stench accompanies them, by which

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11

nests, and at the stench of death, coming back

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Sterile is the nous which

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Sterile is the reasoning soul

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Gn.

30

longing for it. The steward is said to be

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have received the wise steward in their homes, it

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The iniquitous treasurer {steward} cannot till the earth

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Prak

12

to him that he still has a long time

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distraction; a greater thing still - to sing psalms without

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Gn.

25

to those who are still besieged by passions it

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Those, therefore, who are still afflicted with the passions

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known; and clearly explaining still others for the benefit

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be received by those still subject to passion; the

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or intelligible [things], and still less is it counted

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beings], and more [varied still] than the latter is

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from the second, and still others are fallen from

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it known is another; [still]another is that [logos

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of dreams; they render still others chaste by nocturnal

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Skemmata

21

others to sadness [depression], still others to bodily pain

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i.e. objects], and still others have abundant matter

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49

others as impotent, and still others as without mercy

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others by the senses, still other by demons.

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On Prayer

44

If the nous is still staring around at the

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a monk; it is still a secular, decorating the

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their stories, and thus still be far from God

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corporeal natures, it has still not beheld the perfect

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God or respect man, still, since this woman is

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One who is [still] subject to sins and

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the blessed path is still far from you.

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Prak

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provided it does not stir our thoughts (logismoi) with

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On Prayer

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through the memory and [2] stirring up all the passions

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Prak

7

of his asceticism. The stomach, liver, spleen, and [resultant

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Gn.

31

to mastery of the stomach. For against the former

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Ad virg.

9.4

and pain in your stomach.

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moreover, that contains the stones denotes the worlds that

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Just as the magnesium stone by its natural power

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founded on the principal stone of the structure of

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The knife of stone is the teaching of

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Sent alph I

2

to throw a random stone than a [random] word

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On Prayer

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gold [2] silver, and [3] precious stones

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Ep fid

26

to be deceived by stony-hearted and uncircumcised men, whose

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Ep fid

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with the physician for stooping to sickness, and breathing

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Prak

12

to slow down or stop moving, so that the

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who brought the news, ‘Stop blaspheming my father is

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Prak

99

not know how to store up food or money

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Apophthegmata

1

the good things in store for the righteous: confidence

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The intelligible (large or storm-) cloud is spiritual contemplation

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On Prayer

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distracted by] [investigating] their stories, and thus still be

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Prak

61

Unless it sets straight what we have inside

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Ep fid

11

and there was no strange god with them,” and

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Sent alph II

4

It is strange to have grand intentions

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On Prayer

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stands before you some strange and alien form to

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temperament to create some strange fantasy in the nous

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2.35 S2

fragrance that is a stranger to deceit delights the

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Sent alph II

14

The stranger and the poor are

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Apophthegmata

1

joys but be a stranger to those pains. Whether

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sit here as a stranger.' He was filled with

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of virtue and the straw the symbol of vice

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which will attract the straw to it.

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Sent alph I

6

on a bed of straw, than to be troubled

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Assorted Chapters

19

True strength—eating the body of

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pref.8

fear] in turn [is strengthened] by continence. This latter

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Gn.

45

comes from men is strengthened by careful meditation and

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45

be within us [is strengthened] by justice, by the

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of the thumos, which strengthens the nous.

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Monks

4.2

temperance strengthens it.

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Sent alph I

17

While wine strengthens the body, the soul

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body, the soul [is strengthened] by the word of

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On Prayer

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to be capable of stretching out unwaveringly toward its

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beat and trample you, stretch and comb you, this

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Ep fid

26

of these passages for strife and vain glory. I

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Apophthegmata

1

groanings, their fear, their strife, their waiting. Think of

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Sent alph I

20

Above all else strike out at the body

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On Prayer

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memory during prayer, he strikes out against the body

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Exhortations to Monks

1.1

intemperance of fornication is stripped off by abstinence with

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Gn.

6

among [them]. Additionally, he strives to practice all the

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For against the former strive the demons of the

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and teacher Didymus, "and strive to bear in your

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upon the archetype, I strive to engrave the images

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of the soul, or striving to seize the feeling

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the reasoning soul, which strives to attain the knowledge

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knowing, and we, by striving to learn

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hero is he who strives to go out with

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Apophthegmata

1

lot of the righteous. Strive to obtain those joys

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accomplish all in one stroke in ignorance, because this

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not expelled in one stroke is primary, it is

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Prak

49

prayer makes the mind strong and pure for the

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because your mind is strong enough to drive away

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The nous is strong when it does not

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5.78 S2

nor diminish and a strong stench accompanies them, by

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Monks

13.1

A strong wind chases clouds away

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Ep fid

23

may one day wax strong enough to approach even

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Who can know the structure of the world and

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principal stone of the structure of his body in

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ignorance of the two struggles.

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Prak

12

one but after its struggle the soul is taken

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of the monk’s struggle then is not to

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him to contemplate the struggle itself.

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and pure for the struggle, since the mind is

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anoint us for our struggle and heal us when

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Skemmata

54

arise from the common struggle.

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Ep fid

19

short for their glorious struggle’s sake; for the

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Prak

4

he wants he will struggle to acquire. Now every

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24

the demons and to struggle for any sort of

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makes known) those who struggle against virtue, and his

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Ep fid

28

and because of thy struggling against goodness He calls

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On Prayer

42

brothers or by yourself, struggle to pray not [only

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them: since although they struggle for us, we are

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Struggle not to curse anyone

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On Prayer

53

loving (eros) the carefully-studious and spiritual nous.

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as a result of study, they know the languages

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On Prayer

18

every kind of suffering, study it carefully because of

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19

patiently endure while carefully studying [it], you will discover

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Gn.

48

all are brought to stumbling through this. And you

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Ad virg.

6.3

they will be a stumbling block for you at

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On Prayer

13

will all become a stumbling block for you at

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Ep fid

2

astounded like a man stunned by some sudden noise

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Gn.

5

eyes with a metal stylus.

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st

stabilize

stable

staff

stage

stain

stamp

stanch

stand

star

state

statement

statue

stay

steadfast

steadfastly

steadiness

steady

steal

steer

stench

sterile

steward

still

stir

stomach

stone

stony-hearted

stoop

stop

store

storm

story

straight

strange

stranger

straw

strength

strengthen

stretch

strife

strike

strip

strive

stroke

strong

structure

struggle

struggle (n.)

struggle (v.)

studious

study (n.)

study (v.)

stumble

stun

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