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Guide to Evagrius Ponticus
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tr
trace
Prak
pref.9
quest
[
ichnos
=
searching
for
traces
].
π
π
KG
3.57
S2
teach
letters
to
children
trace
them on
tablets
, so
π
π
3.57
S2
to the
logikoi
, has
traced
it in
corporeal
nature
π
π
track
Instr
17
A
pursuing
wolf
tracks
down the
shepherd
, and
π
π
17
the
spirit
of
lust
[
tracks
down] those who
fill
π
π
tradition
Gn.
44
alone
, according to the
tradition
we have
received
. (2)
Courage
π
π
train
Monks
2.1
A
good
father
trains
his
sons
;
π
π
Ep fid
15
nourished
and is
meanwhile
trained
for the
contemplation
of
π
π
traitor
Prak
24
thus]
making
it a
traitor
to the
virtues
.
π
π
trample
On Prayer
140
they do
beat
and
trample
you,
stretch
and
comb
π
π
tranquil
Prak
64
radiance
; that it
remains
tranquil
in the
presence
of
π
π
tranquility
Exhortations to Monks
1.6
his
innermost
]
state
without
tranquility
.
π
π
transform
KG
1.22
S2
appear
as
persons
, they
transform
themselves into the
complete
π
π
4.54
S2
the
Hebrew
language
were
transformed
into the
names
and
π
π
5.18
S2
also
know
how to
transform
the
nature
of the
π
π
Ep
57.5
touched
me, and they
transformed
my
distress
. But you
π
π
transformation
KG
2.4
S2
While the
transformations
are
numerous
, we have
π
π
2.59
S2
the
fact
of the
transformation
of
bodies
, of
regions
π
π
2.69
S2
the
logikoi
and the
transformation
of
bodies
that He
π
π
2.73
S2
their
distinction
and their
transformation
.
π
π
2.77
S2
it is not the
transformation
of
bodies
that will
π
π
2.87
S2
bodies
, but
timeless
the
transformation
of the
incorporeals
.
π
π
5.10
S2
worlds
,
approach
the
higher
transformation
.
π
π
transgress
KG
6.36
S2
at the
beginning
has
transgressed
the
borders
of
wickedness
π
π
transition
Ep fid
23
day
.β He
calls
the
transition
from
material
knowledge
to
π
π
trap
Prak
19
enemy
. He
sets
his
trap
and
produces
gloominess
just
π
π
travel
Prak
91
the
monks
who have
travelled
rightly
before us and
π
π
94
there are
many
people
traveling
or
sailing
at this
π
π
KG
1.32
S2
with
Abraham
when he
traveled
with
two
wives
. He
π
π
On Prayer
66
will
draw
near
and
travel
with you on [your
π
π
treasure
Ep fid
26
vessels
which
hold
the
treasure
of
God
should
seem
π
π
Instr
14
will not
see
the
treasure
of their
fathers
.
π
π
treasurer
KG
5.33
S2
The
iniquitous
treasurer
{
steward
} cannot
till
the
π
π
treat
Gn.
18
to
examine
whether
it
treats
[1a] of
thumos
and
π
π
20
nature
; and such as
treat
of
nature
comprise
a
π
π
On Prayer
81
God
on our
behalf
,
treating
our own
worship
with
π
π
137
as if having been
treated
unjustly
, to
say
or
π
π
treatise
Prak
ti
by the same [
Evagrius
]
Treatise
on the
PraktikΓ©
: 100
Chapters
π
π
treatment
Ep fid
38
injured
,
require
only
proper
treatment
and then
readily
fulfil
π
π
tree
Prak
pref.7
The
staff
is a
tree
of
life
to all
π
π
KG
3.56
S2
bear
the
sign
of β
trees
β, on which the
nous
π
π
3.56
S2
every
moment
towards
βthe
tree
of
life
β
π
π
5.67
S2
bear
the
sign
of
trees
and if the
latter
π
π
5.69
S2
blessed
water
, and the
Tree
of
Life
is the
π
π
Monks
11.3
flame
consumes
the
oak
tree
π
π
Assorted Chapters
16
A
tree
in
paradise
βthe
man
π
π
17
Jesus
Christ
is the
tree
of
life
:
Consult
him
π
π
tremble
KG
2.50
S2
of the
house
will
tremble
; then also the
two
π
π
On Prayer
100
all
things
fear
and
tremble
, before the
Face
of
π
π
143
rejoice
in him with
trembling
.
See
,
rather
, that it
π
π
triad
KG
6.11
S2
The
numerical
triad
is
accompanied
by a
π
π
6.11
S2
not
therefore
a
numerical
triad
.
π
π
6.12
S2
The
numerical
triad
is
preceded
by a
π
π
6.12
S2
is not a
numerica
;
triad
.
π
π
6.13
S2
The
numerical
triad
is
constituted
by
addition
π
π
6.13
S2
is not
therefore
a
triad
that is [
constituted
] with
π
π
triangular
On Prayer
pref.3
will
find
both a
triangular
and a
hexagonal
form
π
π
pref.3
is a
combination
of β
triangular
β and β
spherical
β; because
twenty-eight
π
π
pref.3
spherical
β; because
twenty-eight
is
triangular
, and
twenty-five
is
spherical
π
π
pref.3
and the
rest
. The
triang
[ular
number
] you may
π
π
pref.3
since
it is a
triangular
number
,
consider
it to
π
π
tribunal
KG
6.57
S2
will
receive
before the
tribunal
of
Christ
- these are
π
π
trick
On Prayer
133
an
ambush
and are
tricked
into
delivering
yourself over
π
π
Trinity
Prak
3
knowledge
of the
Holy
Trinity
exercised
according to the
π
π
Gn.
18
provides
information
on the
Trinity
and
whether
it is
π
π
41
subject
of the
Blessed
Trinity
,
nothing
of what has
π
π
KG
1.27
S2
the
adorable
and
holy
Trinity
; the
second
and
third
π
π
1.52
S1
knowledge
of the
holy
Trinity
.
π
π
1.52
S2
the
knowledge
of the
Trinity
.
π
π
1.54
S1
Unity
of the
Holy
Trinity
.
π
π
1.62
S1
it
admires
the
Holy
Trinity
π
π
1.65
S1
contemplation
of the
Holy
Trinity
it is
peace
and
π
π
1.67
S1
ascension
toward
the
Holy
Trinity
.
π
π
1.70
S2
who
knows
the
Holy
Trinity
; and
next
after him
π
π
1.74
S1
the
adorable
and
holy
Trinity
, in
bodiless
and
embodied
π
π
1.74
S2
the
adorable
and
holy
Trinity
; and the
incorporeal
nature
π
π
1.77
S1
knowledge
of the
holy
Trinity
.
π
π
1.88
S1
knowledge
of the
Holy
Trinity
.
π
π
1.88
S2
knowledge
of the
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
2.4
S2
to
knowledge
of
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
2.11
S2
susceptible
of the
Blessed
Trinity
, nor to
understand
the
π
π
2.16
S2
the
knowledge
of the
Trinity
.
π
π
2.29
S2
light
of the
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
2.47
S2
The
Trinity
is not
reckoned
among
π
π
2.47
S2
creatures
;
whereas
the
Blessed
Trinity
alone
is
essential
knowledge
π
π
2.80
S2
susceptible
of the
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
3.6
S2
to
knowledge
of the
Trinity
.
π
π
3.13
S2
nous
sees
the
Holy
Trinity
in those which are
π
π
3.15
S2
knowledge
is
solely
the
Trinity
, it is
evident
that
π
π
3.15
S2
to
vision
of the
Trinity
.
π
π
3.30
S2
seer
of the
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
3.33
S2
the
knowledge
of the
Trinity
accompanies
it; and the
π
π
3.41
S2
and the
knowledge
of
Trinity
, we - [that is] we
π
π
3.60
S2
all is the
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
3.69
S1
knowledge
of the
Holy
Trinity
.
π
π
3.69
S2
also
receptive
of the
Trinity
.
π
π
3.71
S2
has
received
the
blessed
Trinity
, will become
living
nous
π
π
4.10
S2
fallen
from the
blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
4.42
S2
knowledge
of the
Blessed
Trinity
: This, then is
eternal
π
π
4.52
S2
knowledge
of the
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
4.77
S1
regard
to the
holy
Trinity
, because that is
essential
π
π
4.77
S2
thus with the
holy
Trinity
, for it is
solely
π
π
4.87
S2
except
for the
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
5.3
S2
rays
of the
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
5.50
S2
Only the
Blessed
Trinity
is
adorable
in itself
π
π
5.52
S2
latter
[
needs
] the
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
5.55
S1
The
holy
Trinity
is not a
thing
π
π
5.55
S2
The
Blessed
Trinity
is not a
thing
π
π
5.56
S1
things
. But the
holy
Trinity
is not the same
π
π
5.56
S2
same
concerning
the
Blessed
Trinity
;
indeed
, we that it
π
π
5.57
S2
also
know
the
Blessed
Trinity
π
π
5.60
S2
knows
and
understands
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
5.61
S1
contemplation
of the
Holy
Trinity
π
π
5.61
S2
regard
to the
Blessed
Trinity
; because it is
solely
π
π
5.62
S1
The
Holy
Trinity
is not a
thing
π
π
5.62
S2
The
nature
of the
Trinity
is not
known
through
π
π
5.62
S2
nature
of the
Blessed
trinity
by this
means
.
π
π
5.63
S1
contemplation
of the
Holy
Trinity
. It is, in
fact
π
π
5.63
S2
we
see
the
Blessed
Trinity
. For it is
without
π
π
5.69
S2
The
Blessed
Trinity
is the
sign
of
π
π
5.79
S1
look
at the
holy
Trinity
does not
appertain
to
π
π
5.79
S2
incorporeals
and the
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
5.84
S2
contemplation
of the
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
6.10
S2
The
Blessed
Trinity
is not
like
a
π
π
6.10
S2
substance
; but the
Blessed
Trinity
is
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
6.11
S2
tetrad
, but the
Blessed
Trinity
is not
accompanied
by
π
π
6.12
S2
dyad
, but the
Blessed
Trinity
is not
preceded
by
π
π
6.13
S2
units
that the
Blessed
Trinity
is
constituted
; it is
π
π
6.14
S2
not
connatural
with the
Trinity
.
Indeed
, he is also
π
π
6.19
S2
knowledge
of the
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
6.29
S2
the
knowledge
of the
Trinity
.
π
π
6.49
S2
the
symbol
of the
Trinity
.
π
π
6.67
S2
us
know
the
blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
6.75
S2
that of the
Blessed
Trinity
; then there
took
place
π
π
6.75
S2
up to the
Blessed
Trinity
. Thus a
judgment
is
π
π
Skemmata
4
light
of the
holy
Trinity
comes at the
time
π
π
18
the
stars
. In the
Trinity
, [there is] only
equality
π
π
18
contemplations
. Nor does [the
Trinity
]
consist
of
many
essences
π
π
27
light
of the
Blessed
Trinity
.
π
π
34
temple
of the
Holy
Trinity
π
π
Monks
134.1
says
that the
Holy
Trinity
is [a]
created
[
being
]
blasphemes
π
π
136.2
it to the
Holy
Trinity
.
π
π
Ep fid
36
the
adorable
and
holy
Trinity
. It is not now
π
π
39
doctrine
of the
Holy
Trinity
is
contained
, if at
π
π
On Prayer
pref.3
reverent
knowledge
of the
Trinity
; [1] and the
boundaries
of
π
π
pref.3
knowledge
of the
Holy
Trinity
. Or else, if you
π
π
tritheists
Ep fid
5
teeth
that we are
Tritheists
,
let
it be
answered
π
π
triumph
Gn.
25
but how they will
triumph
over their
adversaries
:
indeed
π
π
KG
2.6
S1
grace
of
God
has
triumphed
and is
part
of
π
π
2.6
S2
grace
of
God
, has
triumphed
and has
departed
from
π
π
trouble
Prak
61
incorporeals
. Its own
domestic
troubles
habitually
make
it
turn
π
π
trouble (n.)
Prak
68
and
self-control
to the
troubled
.
π
π
KG
3.39
S2
part
thatt
consumes
the
trouble
of the
troubled
. And
π
π
3.39
S2
the
trouble
of the
troubled
. And the
first
does
π
π
3.39
S2
the
whole
mass
of
trouble
.
π
π
trouble (v.)
Prak
91
brethren
who was being
troubled
by
fantasies
at
night
π
π
KG
1.53
S1
birds
,
animals
those which
trouble
thumos
, and
beasts
those
π
π
1.53
S2
called
birds
; those who
trouble
indignation
[are
called
]
animals
π
π
5.73
S1
and it is not
troubled
when it
meets
a
π
π
6.63
S2
look
the
sun
are
trouble
by their
tears
and
π
π
Sent alph I
6
straw
, than to be
troubled
upon a
bed
of
π
π
On Prayer
9
thoughts
: they
disturb
and
trouble
you in
order
to
π
π
74
of
person
is not
troubled
by
carnal
and
impure
π
π
trousers
KG
4.72
S2
The
intelligible
trousers
are the
mortification
of
π
π
true
Prak
2
the
soul
together
with
true
knowledge
of
beings
π
π
Gn.
40
powers
attain
to the
true
logoi
of the
objects
π
π
KG
1.52
S1
When the
true
knowledge
will be in
π
π
1.64
S1
of an
opposition
.50 The
true
life
of the
logikoi
π
π
1.64
S2
The
true
life
of the
logikoi
π
π
1.64
S2
as to
naturally
extinguish
true
life
, who among
beings
π
π
1.76
S1
is not to the
true
knowledge
which is
hidden
π
π
1.88
S1
Natural
knowledge
is
true
understanding
of those
created
π
π
1.88
S2
Natural
knowledge
is
true
understanding
of those who
π
π
1.89
S1
naturally
made
to
understand
true
knowledge
, and
God
is
π
π
1.90
S1
in a
spiritual
body
.
True
indeed
, is the
word
π
π
2.10
S1
is the
contemplation
of
true
knowledge
. But because
sensation
π
π
2.35
S1
the
certainty
that is
true
in them.
π
π
2.36
S2
has been
confided
the
true
logos
which
concerns
them
π
π
4.10
S2
Among
writers
of
true
doctrines
, some have
plunged
π
π
4.28
S2
by
pure
virtues
and
true
doctrines
.
π
π
4.42
S2
know
you, the only
true
God
π
π
4.50
S1
the
love
of the
true
knowledge
.
π
π
4.50
S2
eternal
:
namely
, that which
true
knowledge
chooses
for itself
π
π
4.55
S1
a
mirror
. But the
true
virtue
is the
exact
π
π
5.25
S2
passage
from
ignorance
to
true
knowledge
.
π
π
6.1
S2
of
commandments
and by
true
doctrines
, it has
taught
π
π
6.62
S2
able
to
attain
to
true
knowledge
.
π
π
Monks
43.2
true
knowledge
; while
one
who
π
π
Ep fid
9
in accordance with the
true
doctrine
speak
of the
π
π
13
know
Thee the only
true
God
and
Jesus
Christ
π
π
26
and can
consistently
with
true
religion
amend
what I
π
π
31
fell
out of the
true
life
because its
holiness
π
π
Sent alph II
20
Pinnacle
of the
soul
β
true
contemplation
.
π
π
Assorted Chapters
13
For a
true
man
it is an
π
π
19
True
strength
β
eating
the
body
π
π
22
and
honey
flow
[his]
true
words
.
π
π
On Prayer
65
one
yearning
(erΓ΄) for
true
prayer
who also becomes
π
π
76
He
implants
knowledge
of
true
prayer
, so that from
π
π
113
angels
by
means
of
true
prayer
,
yearning
to
see
π
π
truly
Prak
pref.2
on his
head
is
truly
chanting
[the
inner
meaning
π
π
KG
2.10
S1
which is
distant
and [
truly
superior
to it.
π
π
5.12
S2
beings
does not
henceforth
truly
receive
the
eidola
that
π
π
6.56
S2
at all
times
Christ
truly
ascends
in the
holy
π
π
6.76
S2
of
celestial
powers
has
truly
learned
the
logoi
concerning
π
π
Sent alph II
3
Truly
a
friend
is
one
π
π
Assorted Chapters
10
to
know
who you [
truly
] are, do not
measure
π
π
18
one
beneficent
towards
the
truly
poor
also
eats
of
π
π
On Prayer
10
you are
eager
to
truly
pray
, they
insinuate
mental
π
π
41
See
whether
you
truly
stand
before
God
in
π
π
54
who
wishes
to
pray
truly
:
one
must also be
π
π
56
mean
]
one
is
already
truly
praying
: it is
possible
π
π
61
a
theologian
, you
pray
truly
; and if you
pray
π
π
61
and if you
pray
truly
, you are a
theologian
π
π
73
praying
purely
unwaveringly
, and
truly
, [
completely
]
apart
from the
π
π
80
If you
pray
truly
, you will
find
very
π
π
153
other, then you have
truly
found
prayer
π
π
trumpet
KG
3.40
S2
The β
last
trumpet
β (1Cor 15:52) is the
commandment
π
π
3.66
S2
Just as the
first
trumpet
has
made
known
the
π
π
3.66
S2
way
will βthe
last
trumpet
β
make
known
the
destruction
π
π
trust
Ep fid
36
for
interest
. But I
trust
in
God
that you
π
π
truth
Prak
84
called
enemies
of all
truth
and
opponents
of
contemplation
π
π
Gn.
22
to
Knowledge
of the
truth
."
π
π
25
make
them
approach
the
truth
by
proceeding
not from
π
π
44
steadfast
perseverance
in the
truth
, even to the
point
π
π
45
That
column
of
truth
, the
Cappadocian
Basil
has
π
π
49
is to
reveal
the
truth
hidden
in all
beings
π
π
KG
1.32
S2
wives
. He
spoke
the
truth
but he did not
π
π
4.41
S1
to them in the
truth
of their
bodies
.
π
π
5.38
S1
who (
fights
) for the
truth
, will
choose
to
arm
π
π
5.38
S1
will
fall
from the
truth
and will become the
π
π
5.38
S2
who (
fights
) for the
truth
will
exterminate
his
enemies
π
π
Ep fid
4
the
harmony
of the
truth
by
heathen
philosophy
. Is
π
π
Assorted Chapters
25
Silencing
the
truth
is
burying
gold
.
π
π
On Prayer
59
worshipped
in
spirit
and
truth
.
π
π
60
praying
in
spirit
and
truth
no
longer
honors
the
π
π
63
finds
the
nous
loving
truth
[and]
praying
to, he
π
π
77
effected
in
Spirit
and
Truth
.
π
π
141
averse
to
virtue
and
truth
, you cannot
find
the
π
π
146
in
Spirit
and in
Truth
.
Rather
the
reverse
: it
π
π
Instr
8
man
drinks
water
of
truth
; to the
angry
man
π
π
truthful
Gn.
23
this] you will be
truthful
,
since
you are
linked
π
π
try
Prak
28
from such
conflicts
and
trying
to
evade
this
teaches
π
π
82
sick
members
as it
tries
to
operate
by
means
π
π
Gn.
4
us from
external
[
things
]
tries
by
means
of the
π
π
On Prayer
25
not
infect
yourself while
trying
to
heal
another, and
π
π
74
that it will
foolishly
[
try
to]
localize
the
divine
π
π
116
nous
is
moved
to
try
to
circumscribe
the
divine
π
π
to
tu
π
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