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Scholasticus Evagrius
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…
Evagrius (Scholasticus )
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
Augustine Casiday
Presenting many texts available for the very first time, Casiday showcases full translations of Evagrius Ponticus’ letters and notes, and presents an accurate and refreshingly approachable introduction to this early…
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Part of the Early Church Fathers series, this book showcases translations of Evagrius’ letters and notes, and presents an introduction to this early church father. It is useful to students…
Theodoret, Bis,Evagrius
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
The Gnostic Trilogy is the best-known and most important work by the ascetic philosopher and teacher Evagrius of Pontus. Among the writers of his age, Evagrius stands out for his…
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Essays explore aspects of Evagrius’s life and address his controversial but long-lasting influence on Latin, Byzantine, and Syriac cultures in antiquity and the Middle Ages.
Jeremy Driscoll,Evagrius Ponticus
Proverbs from this desert father, translated for the first time into English. +
The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius narrates the history of the church from the start of the Nestorian controversy in 428 until the death of Evagrius’ employer, Patriarch Gregory of Antioch…
Julia Konstantinovsky
A revered instructor of the eremitic monks of Nitria, Sketis and Kellia, Evagrius Ponticus is a fascinating yet enigmatic figure in the history of fourth-century mystical thought. This title offers…
Evagrius Ponticus
Poems of advice to monks and nuns from one of the first monks to write, in the late fourth century.
Evagrius Of Pontus
A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons
Dionysius Bar Salibi
The present work presents the text of Dionysius bar Salibi’s commentary on the 100 Theses concerning the ascetic life by Evagrius Ponticus.
Robert E. Sinkewicz
Evagrius of Pontus was one of the most prominent figures among the monks of the desert settlements of Nitria, Sketis, and Kellia in Lower Egypt. Through the course of his…
Luke Dysinger
In this book Evagrius Ponticus’ commentaries on scripture are discussed in order to present a balanced picture of the monk and his model of the spiritual life as a rhythm…
Evagrius of Pontus (c 345-399) was one of the most prominent and influential figures among the monks of the desert settlements in Lower Egypt. This is an English translation of…
Monica Tobon
Evagrius of Pontus (c.345-399 CE) has been renowned for his spiritual insight and psychological acumen ever since his lifetime, and despite his condemnation for heresy in the sixth century exercised…
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This book is a critical edition of a medieval reworking of the fourth-century Letters and additional works of Evagrius of Pontus. The Medieval Armenian collection presents the letters not as…
Augustine Casiday (Cardiff University)
Monasticism is a major theme in early Christian studies and there was no greater early monastic theologian than Evagrius Ponticus. His work survives in numerous ancient languages and this book…
Ilaria L E Ramelli,Evagrius
Evagrius exerted a striking impact on the development of spirituality, of Origenism, and of the spiritual interpretation of the Bible in Greek, Syriac, and Latin Christianity. This English translation of…
John Bamberger OCSO,Evagrius Ponticus
The living link through whom the ascetic principles of hellenistic philosophers passed into monasticism, Evagrius molded Christian asceticism through his own works and through his influence on John Cassian, Climacus…
Evagrius
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Leszek Misiarczyk
This book presents the teaching of Evagrius of Pontus (345-399) about eight passionate thoughts (logismoi), i.e. gluttony, impurity, avarice (greed), sadness, anger (wrath), acedia, vanity and pride. The study first…
David Miano
Introduces readers to English translations of what may be the three most important histories of the early Church: those of Eusebius Pamphilus of Caesarea, Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople, and Evagrius…
Kevin Corrigan
This book makes accessible, to a wide audience, the thought of Evagrius and Gregory on the soul, in the context of ancient philosophy/theology and the Cappadocians generally. Corrigan argues that…
Evagrius of Pontus and Gregory of Nyssa have been overlooked by philosophers and theologians in modern times. This book argues that in Evagrius and Gregory we see the important integration…
George Tsakiridis
This study puts the thought of Evagrius Ponticus, a fourth-century theologian, into dialogue with modern cognitive science in regard to the topic of evil, specifically moral evil. Evagrius, in his…
The Revd Dr Angela Tilby
Until recently little has been known about Evagrius of Pontus. His work on the eight evil thoughts was widely influential in the development of the idea of the Seven Deadly…
Glenn F. Chestnut
Gertrude Gillette
This book brings to the modern age wisdom on the topic of anger by four ancient authors: Seneca, Evagrius Ponticus, Cassian, and Augustine. These authors broadly represent the classic views…
The Praktikos & Chapters On Prayer
Otto Spies publishes here a critical apparatus with variant readings to supplement Johannes Bachmann’s edition of the Ethiopic version of the work concerning the eight [sinful] thoughts by Evagrius of…
Doris Sperber-Hartmann
Evagrius Ponticus (345-399 n.Chr.) beschreibt in seiner Schrift de oratione das Gebet als eine innere Haltung. Ausfuhrlich geht er auf die Voraussetzungen des Gebets ein und auch die Bedrohungen, die…
Shodhin K. Geiman
This book compares the "obstacles" to prayer discussed by the 4th-century monk Evagrius of Pontus with similar "hindrances" found in the scriptures of Buddhist tradition. Offering a fresh approach to…
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Stephen J. Davis
In the late fourth century, the early Christian monk and author Evagrius Ponticus wrote his magnum opus in Greek-entitled Kephalaia Gnostika ("Gnostic Chapters")-a spiritual treatise on ascetic contemplation and unity…
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