Treatises and other works12
- Instruction to Monks 4 sectionslistenShort chapters arming new monks for the fight: watchfulness, poverty, prayer, and humility.
- On Evil Thoughts 12 sectionslistenA deep look at how harmful thoughts like greed and pride lead to spiritual downfall, with Bible quotes to guide self-reflection.
- On Teachers and Disciples 4 sectionslistenEvagrius on how a spiritual father should guide his disciples: an unskilled guide destroys and a skilled one heals, correction comes without anger, and the road leads,…
- On the Eight Evil Spirits 8 sectionslistenThe original eight evil thoughts that became the seven deadly sins, and how each one attacks.
- On the Vices Opposed to the Virtues 4 sectionslistenEach vice matched against its opposing virtue, with Evagrius's cures for a disordered soul.
- Reasons of the Monastic Life 4 sectionslistenEvagrius's advice to monks: give up worldly cares for stillness, avoid distractions, fight listlessness with work, and order the day around prayer.
- Sentences to a Virgin 4 sectionslistenA spiritual guide for virgins offering practical advice on faith, humility, and avoiding worldly distractions.
- Spiritual Sentences 4 sectionslistenShort sayings on self-knowledge, truth, and virtue for monks learning to pray.
- The Gnostic 4 sectionslistenEvagrius trains seasoned monks to discern spirits and teach others without falling to pride.
- The Practice 12 sectionslistenDiscover the spiritual practices and struggles of ancient monks in Evagrius Ponticus' guide to monastic life and inner warfare.
- Thirty-three Chapters 4 sectionslistenThirty-three one-line definitions by Evagrius that read the diseases, beasts and powers named in Scripture as pictures of the soul's vices, of false knowledge, and of…
- Treatise to Eulogius 16 sectionslistenA spiritual guide on true virtue, purity, and the dangers of pride, written for a seeker on the path to divine wisdom.
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