Paris. Gr. 923, fol. 290r
Guide to Evagrius Ponticus
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Ep fid
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all
things
shall be
subdued
unto Him, then shall
π
π
subjacent
KG
5.62
S2
since
] there are no
subjacent
objects
, its
nature
does
π
π
subject (adj.)
Prak
4
that which is not
subject
to
sensation
is also
π
π
33
how, when you were
subject
to
passions
, you
crossed
π
π
Gn.
2
portion
of the
soul
subject
to
compulsions
.
π
π
45
received
by those
still
subject
to
passion
; the
second
π
π
KG
3.14
S2
is that whose
power
subject
to
passion
inclines
towards
π
π
Ep fid
28
Son
also Himself be
subject
unto Him that
put
π
π
28
infirmities
is not
being
subject
, and He
bare
this
π
π
37
the
body
that is
subject
unto
sin
.
π
π
On Prayer
145
One
who is [
still
]
subject
to
sins
and
angry
π
π
subject (n.)
Prak
18
be in the same
subject
at the same
time
π
π
Gn.
34
is
fitting
to the
subject
; because if you do
π
π
41
things
. But on the
subject
of the
Blessed
Trinity
π
π
KG
1.36
S1
sensitive
is the
living
subject
which
possesses
the
sense
π
π
2.2
S2
been
instructed
on the
subject
of its
substance
.
π
π
2.64
S2
And as
regards
the
subject
of the
first
[
beings
π
π
2.64
S2
but as
regards
the
subject
of the
second
[
beings
π
π
6.77
S2
men
?
Investigate
, too, this
subject
: did the
disciples
who
π
π
Skemmata
18
the
being
of the
subject
; but not as in
π
π
Ep fid
36
the
present
on the
subject
of the
adorable
and
π
π
subjection
Ep fid
28
For He
makes
thy
subjection
His own; and because
π
π
submission
KG
6.68
S2
"
Submission
" is the
consent
of
π
π
6.70
S2
"
Submission
" is that
weakness
of
π
π
submissive
KG
4.51
S2
leaders
, and others are
submissive
to
leaders
, of
necessity
π
π
submit
KG
4.51
S2
neither
those who are
submitted
to
leaders
; but all
π
π
6.33
S2
he also will be
submitted
to
God
the
Father
π
π
subsequent
KG
1.41
S2
if
death
is
subsequent
to
life
, and
sickness
π
π
1.41
S2
to
life
, and
sickness
subsequent
to
health
, it is
π
π
1.41
S2
evident
that
vice
is
subsequent
to
virtue
.
Death
and
π
π
4.4
S2
of all the
beings
subsequent
to the
first
judgement
π
π
6.45
S2
Not
one
of the [
subsequent
]
worlds
has been
superior
π
π
subsist
KG
1.47
S2
action
and then to
subsist
independently
, for [the
soul
π
π
subsistent
On Prayer
52
because of the[ir]
subsistent
Logos
; and He
customarily
π
π
substance
KG
2.2
S2
the
subject
of its
substance
.
π
π
2.17
S2
to the
equality
of
substances
.
π
π
2.35
S2
which it
senses
the
substances
presented
to it.
Vision
π
π
5.62
S2
contemplation
and to those
substance
susceptible
of
opposition
. But
π
π
5.63
S2
wisdom
is
knowledge
without
substance
, which
appears
only in
π
π
6.10
S2
numericals
" are
forms
without
substance
; but the
Blessed
Trinity
π
π
6.13
S2
addition
of
units
without
substance
; but it is not
π
π
6.80
S2
equivalent
to the
reasoning
substance
is he who is
π
π
Ep fid
9
the
Father
,
God
in
substance
, Who
begat
the
Son
π
π
9
the
Son
,
God
in
substance
. From this the
consubstantiality
π
π
9
God
in
essence
or
substance
is
co-essential
or
con-substantial
π
π
9
God
in
essence
or
substance
. But when even
man
π
π
10
and
uncreated
essence
and
substance
of
God
. For the
π
π
16
is of the same
substance
as the
Father
.
π
π
27
not in
essence
and
substance
a
creature
, but is
π
π
29
of
one
essence
and
substance
with the
Father
. Again
π
π
29
of
one
essence
and
substance
with the
Father
.
π
π
30
of
one
essence
and
substance
with the
Father
. How
π
π
substantial
KG
1.3
S2
from this in the
substantial
[
nature
of His]
being
π
π
substantially
Ep fid
9
untruly
.
God
alone
is
substantially
and
essentially
God
.
π
π
subtle
Prak
13
of
vainglory
is
especially
subtle
and it
easily
infiltrates
π
π
succeed
Prak
79
unless
their [
corresponding
]
contemplations
succeed
one
other in the
π
π
success
On Prayer
29
receiving
it
keep
your
success
secure
.
π
π
successfully
Prak
66
the
ascetical
life
(
praktike
)
successfully
and
drawn
near
to
π
π
succinum
KG
2.26
S2
to come is
amber
[
succinum
] which will
attract
the
π
π
suceptible
KG
3.32
S2
not that which is
suceptible
of His
wisdom
, for
π
π
sudden
Ep fid
2
man
stunned
by some
sudden
noise
. I did not
π
π
Exhortations to Monks
1.3
vigils
with
prayer
. The [
sudden
]
inrush
of
indignation
is
π
π
suddenly
Prak
13
hopes
like
this, it
suddenly
leaps
away and
leaves
π
π
43
lighter
, and which
leap
suddenly
and
snatch
the
nous
π
π
44
mean
time, and then
suddenly
rush
in and
devastate
π
π
KG
6.52
S2
us], we are not
suddenly
snatched
up by
demons
π
π
Ep
57.2
comforts
us, by his
suddenly
granting
us
knowledge
. . . (a
π
π
On Prayer
68
praying
purely
and
undisturbed
,
suddenly
there
stands
before you
π
π
92
confused
even if you
suddenly
see
some
apparition
, and
π
π
99
the
demons
threaten
to
suddenly
appear
to you out
π
π
suffer
Prak
7
the
brethren
who have
suffered
these
things
.
Sometimes
it
π
π
7
deceives
those who have
suffered
from this
kind
of
π
π
Monks
6.2
who
nurtures
it, will
suffer
pain
from it.
π
π
On Prayer
70
so that He who
suffers
with the
ignorant
will
π
π
146
in So also
one
suffering
from an
impassioned
and
π
π
suffering
Gn.
10
anger
,
hatred
,
sadness
,
bodily
suffering
and
anxieties
!
π
π
36
do not
understand
the
suffering
of the
reasoning
soul
π
π
KG
1.18
S2
the
praktike
and of
suffering
is the
heritage
of
π
π
3.18
S2
Torment
is the
fiery
suffering
which
purifies
the
passible
π
π
4.34
S2
that is a
minimum
suffering
.
π
π
Ep fid
28
taking
upon Him our
sufferings
in His
fellowship
with
π
π
On Prayer
18
through]
every
kind
of
suffering
,
study
it
carefully
because
π
π
suffice
Prak
pref.9
things
we have
said
[
suffice
]. But
concerning
the
life
π
π
ep
Let
that
suffice
now, my
dear
Anatolius
π
π
KG
2.13
S2
first
contemplation
of
nature
suffices
for the
creation
of
π
π
2.13
S2
and the
second
also
suffices
for its
conversion
.
π
π
Ep fid
36
So
much
must
suffice
for the
present
on
π
π
sufficient
Prak
79
the
commandments
are not
sufficient
to
perfectly
heal
the
π
π
Ep fid
12
I
imagine
,
think
it
sufficient
only to
preach
that
π
π
30
as my
ability
goes
,
sufficient
. Now
let
us
turn
π
π
suffocate
Prak
36
the
whole
soul
and
suffocates
the
mind
. This is
π
π
suggest
Prak
7
tempting
]-
thought
of
gluttony
suggests
to the
monk
the
π
π
9
Love
of
money
suggests
: a
long
old
age
π
π
12
way
of
life
, and
suggests
to him that he
π
π
22
disturbed
, then the
demons
suggest
to us what a
π
π
24
this
reason
the
angels
suggest
to us
spiritual
pleasures
π
π
70
what [this]
excellent
condition
suggests
.
π
π
80
all the
thoughts
(
logismoi
)
suggested
to us by the
π
π
80
to
reject
all those
suggested
by
demons
. The
former
π
π
Ep fid
12
the
word
Jesus
Christ
suggests
all these
ideas
to
π
π
39
its
cells
, and
thereby
suggests
a
natural
contemplation
wherein
π
π
On Prayer
134
Sometimes
the
demons
suggest
[
tempting
-]
thoughts
to you
π
π
suit
KG
2.76
S2
also the
places
which
suit
the
bodies
and are
π
π
suitable
KG
2.82
S2
souls
which are
naturally
suitable
to
feed
the
world
π
π
2.85
S2
be
created
which are
suitable
to them.
π
π
summarize
Prak
pref.8
like
a
symbol
which
summarizes
[these]
things
. And these
π
π
summer
On Prayer
pref.3
and
moon
,
spring
and
summer
, and the
rest
. The
π
π
summit
KG
5.88
S2
the
mountain
of
Zion
,
summit
of the
city
.
π
π
summon
Prak
11
found
to have been
summoned
up by
many
other
π
π
23
the
soul
, the other
summons
it to
burn
with
π
π
71
hymns
and
spiritual
songs
β
summon
the
nous
to
continuous
π
π
Ep
57.3
sickness
of his
son
,
summons
a
physician
. But from
π
π
sun
Prak
12
First
it
makes
the
sun
seem
to
slow
down
π
π
12
cell
to
examine
the
sun
to
see
how
much
π
π
21
The
sun
should not
set
on
π
π
36
the
rising
or
setting
sun
and
affect
only
one
π
π
ep
crop
but if the
sun
of
righteousness
shines
on
π
π
Gn.
20
and the
unclean
, the
sun
that "
rises
,
sets
, and
π
π
KG
3.44
S2
The
intelligible
β
sun
β is the
reasoning
nature
π
π
3.52
S2
is
illuminated
by βthe
sun
of
justice
.β
π
π
4.29
S2
return
promptly
to the
sun
of
justice
. ,
π
π
5.14
S2
Just as when the
sun
rises
things
which are
π
π
6.63
S2
and who
look
the
sun
are
trouble
by their
π
π
Ad virg.
4.1
May the
rising
sun
see
the
Book
in
π
π
Ep fid
25
knowledge
made
by the
sun
apprehended
by
mental
perception
π
π
On Prayer
pref.3
in the
movements
of
sun
and
moon
,
spring
and
π
π
146
and
directly
at the
sun
at
noon
when it
π
π
sunlight
Prak
98
soul
. It is
like
sunlight
which Is
shapeless
, but
π
π
sunnoia
On Prayer
43
in
prayer
is
concentration
(
sunnoia
), with
reverence
and
compunction
π
π
superfluous
Prak
pref.1
be
neither
accidental
nor
superfluous
that [the
habit
] is
π
π
superior
Gn.
5
before the
Knower
; but
superior
to all other [
virtues
π
π
KG
1.87
S1
knowledge
of
God
is
superior
to
everything
, because
everything
π
π
1.87
S2
knowledge
of
God
is
superior
to all.
π
π
2.10
S1
infirmity
, it
regards
as
superior
what is
closer
,
rather
π
π
2.10
S1
is
distant
and [
truly
superior
to it.
π
π
2.10
S2
the
latter
is
considered
superior
to the
former
that
π
π
2.78
S2
constituted
either
completely
of
superiors
or
completely
of
inferiors
π
π
2.78
S2
inferiors
, or again of
superiors
and
inferiors
.
π
π
3.37
S2
"The
stars
are
superior
to
one
another by
π
π
3.64
S2
is
said
to be
superior
to these
things
, it
π
π
4.59
S2
not
said
to be
superior
or
inferior
to an
π
π
5.19
S2
bad
quality
to the
superior
quality
.
π
π
5.79
S1
but that is a
superior
gift
of
grace
π
π
6.45
S2
subsequent
]
worlds
has been
superior
to the
first
world
π
π
On Prayer
7
as if you were
superior
to others. For your
π
π
supernatural
On Prayer
146
by
imitating
the
awesome
supernatural
prayer
that
operates
in
π
π
supplicate
On Prayer
81
not
willing
even to
supplicate
God
on our
behalf
π
π
supplication
KG
5.46
S2
is He who
addresses
supplications
to
God
for all
π
π
Skemmata
28
nous
with
God
requesting
supplication
,
encompassing
help
or
requesting
π
π
On Prayer
94
wielding
the
staff
of
supplication
to
God
against them
π
π
111
its
fiery
*
prayer
. *
fiery
supplication
DeOrat 94; cf. Cassian Conf
π
π
Apophthegmata
1
of
teeth
,
fear
and
supplications
.
Consider
also the
good
π
π
support
On Prayer
6
use
of
tears
to
support
every
petition
, for it
π
π
suppose
Ep fid
35
Supposing
them to
object
to
π
π
Sent alph II
5
Constantly
supposing
is an
impediment
to
π
π
On Prayer
90
Even if you
suppose
yourself to be with
π
π
134
to
deceive
you into
supposing
you have
begun
to
π
π
supreme
Prak
pref.8
to
theology
and the
supreme
blessedness
."
π
π
Ep fid
2
leading
me to the
supreme
philosophy
?
π
π
surface
On Prayer
pref.2
with
numbers
: [1] on the
surface
there is
quantity
; [2] while
π
π
surpass
KG
3.9
S2
of
ignorance
will be
surpassed
, and those which will
π
π
surprise
KG
4.35
S2
and this is not
surprising
that they
possess
this
π
π
On Prayer
pref.1
And this is no
surprise
: for your
share
was
π
π
surrender
On Prayer
97
not
cave
in or
surrender
his
rationality
,
saying
to
π
π
surround
KG
1.83
S2
the
Egyptian
river
that
surrounds
the
whole
land
of
π
π
1.85
S1
renounces
its
distractions
which
surround
it when it becomes
π
π
2.28
S2
when it
sees
immediately
surrounds
all the
sides
of
π
π
4.82
S2
from the
demons
that
surround
it.
π
π
On Prayer
74
thus]
manipulating
the
light
surrounding
the
nous
however
he
π
π
surroundings
KG
1.25
S2
the
body
or the
surroundings
of the
body
.
π
π
4.37
S2
inside
, others from their
surroundings
, and
yet
others from
π
π
4.37
S2
that
breathe
from their
surroundings
are
bees
[
breathing
] by
π
π
survive
Prak
92
do you
manage
to
survive
, O
father
,
without
the
π
π
susceptible
KG
1.4
S2
that
exists
is
either
susceptible
to
opposition
or is
π
π
1.4
S2
But those who are
susceptible
to
opposition
are not
π
π
1.39
S1
to which we are
susceptible
, has its
power
also
π
π
1.61
S1
which would not be 49
susceptible
of the
knowledge
, and
π
π
1.64
S1
nature
, in
fact
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every
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opposition
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fear
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and to those
substance
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suspicious
Assorted Chapters
1
of
love
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suspicious
of
glory
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faith
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it is with the
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world
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sustasis
of the
natures
that
π
π
3.36
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world
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natural
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different
π
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4.35
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through
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coextensive
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sustasis
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world
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nous
:
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