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Evagrius Ponticus: Chapters on Prayer
Περι
προσευχ
ῆ
ς
.Note absence of
Philokalia
ΛΕ
' (35) in
PG text.
Thus
PG
numbering (retained in the Greek text) is one less than
Philokalia
numbering of chapters from 35 to 77, where the
Philokalia
(and Tugwell’s English edition) combine two
PG
chapters into one That is,
PG
Οϟ ϟ
(76)and
ΟΖϟ
(77) is combined in
Philokalia
ΟΖϟ
(77).[
PG
page-numbering includes the chapter at the end of which which the reference isfound.]Where Greek numbering is replaced with arabic, the Greek text has been corrected usingTugwell’s MS).
2
ΛΟΓΟΣ
ΠΝΓ
´
ΚΕΦΑΛΙΑ
∆ΙΕΙΛΗΜΜΕΝΟΣ
PG 79,1165-1200;
CPG
2452;
Περι
προσευχ
ῆ
ς
.textual emendations from Hausherr,
LeTraité de l’Oraison d’Evagre lePontique
in
Rev.d’Asc.et Mys.
v.15 ‘34;pp. 34-93, 113-170.
Evagrius Ponticus
[Praktikos and]
Chapters on Prayer,
translatedby Simon Tugwell, O.P Faculty of Theology,Oxford, 1987.except where otherwise (
i.e.
:”[Lk.]” ) indicated:in that case “[Tug]” will be found in thefootnotes.
ΠΡΟΟΙΜΙΟΝ
.
Πυρ
έ
ττοντ
ά
µε
τ
ῷ
φλογµ
ῷ
τ
ῶ
ν
1
παθ
ῶ
ν
,
συν
ή
θως
ἀ
νεκτ
ή
σω
,
τ
ῇ
τ
ῶ
ν
θεοφιλ
ῶ
ν
σου
γραµµ
ά
των
ἐ
παφ
ῇ
,
τ
ὸ
ν
κ
ά
µνοντ
ά
µου
νο
ῦ
ν
ἐ
ν
το
ῖ
ς
α
ἰ
σχ
ί
στοις
2
παραµυθησ
ά
µενος
,
κα
ὶ
τ
ὸ
ν
µ
έ
γαν
µιµησ
ά
µενος
καθηγητ
ὴ
ν
,
και
διδ
ά
σκαλον
µακαρ
ί
ως·
κα
ὶ
ο
ὐ
θαυµαστ
ό
ν·
σ
ῆ
γ
ὰ
ρ
ἀ
ε
ὶ
µερ
ὶ
ς
γ
έ
γονε
τ
ὰ
ἐ
π
ί
σηµα
,
ὡ
ς
κα
ί
το
ῦ
ε
ὐ
λογηµ
έ
νου
Ἰ
ακ
ώ
β·
καλ
ῶ
ς
γ
ὰ
ρ
δουλε
ύ
σας
τ
ῆ
ς
᾿
Ραχ
ὴ
λ
χ
ά
ριν
,
κα
ὶ
λαβ
ὼ
ν
τ
ὴ
ν
Λε
ί
αν
,
ζητε
ῖ
ς
κα
ὶ
τ
ὴ
ν
ποθουµ
έ
νην
,
ὡ
ς
κα
ὶ
τα
ύ
της
δ
ή
που
πληρ
ώ
σας
τ
ὰ
ἕ
βδοµα
.I was feverish and enflamed with passionswhen, as usual, you revived me with the touchof your godly letter, bringing relief to my sick mind in its shameful distress, happily followingin the footsteps of our great teacher and masterAnd it is not surprising, since you have alwaysbeen blessed like Jacob, [li. 5] whose share was‘the marked ones’ You have served well forRachel; now that you have been given Leah and‘fulfilled her week’, you want your belovedRachel too.
ϟ Εγ
ὼ
δ
ὲ
ο
ὐ
κ
ἀ
ρνηθε
ί
ην
,
ὡ
ς
ὅ
λην
τ
ὴ
ν
ν
ύ
κτα
κοπι
ά
σας
,
πεπ
ί
ακα
ο
ὐ
δ
ὲ
ν
,
πλ
ὴ
ν
αλλ
'
ἐ
π
ὶ
τ
ῷ
σ
ῷ
λ
ό
γ
ῶ
χαλ
ά
σας
τ
ὸ
δ
ί
κτυον
ἤ
γρευσα
ἰ
χθ
ύ
ων
πληθ
ὺ
ν
,
ο
ὐ
κ
ο
ἲ
µαι
µ
ὲ
ν
µεγ
ά
λων
,
ἑ
κατ
ὸ
ν
δ
ὲ
ὅ
µως
κα
ὶ
πεντ
ή
κοντα
τρι
ῶ
ν
,
κα
ὶ
το
ύ
τους
ἀ
π
έ
σταιλα
ἐ
ν
τ
ῇ
σπυρ
ί
δι
τ
ῆ
ς
ἀ
γ
ά
πης
δι
ὰ
τ
ῶ
ν
ἰ
σαρ
ί
θµων
κεφαλα
ί
ων
,
τ
ὴ
ν
πρ
ό
σταξ
ί
ν
σου
πεπληρωκ
ώ
ς·
As for me, I will not deny that I have toiledall night and caught nothing, but when I letdown my nets at your command [li. 10] I caughtan abundance of fish; not, I think, big fish, but ahundred and fifty-three of them, and I amsending them to you in the basket of love in anequivalent number of chapters, in fulfillment of your instructions.
θαυµ
ά
ζω
δ
έ
σε
,
κα
ὶ
λ
ί
αν
ζηλ
ῶ
τ
ῆ
ς
ἀ
ρ
ί
στης
προθ
έ
σεως
τ
ῶ
ν
περ
ὶ
προσευχ
ῆ
ς
ἐ
ρ
ῶ
ντα
κεφαλα
ί
ων
.
Ο
ὐ
γ
ὰ
ρ
I admire and am very jealous of yourexcellent purpose [li. 15] in desiring thesechapters on prayer. It is not just these externalchapters that you want, which exist only thanks
1
Deleting
ϟ καθϟ ρτων
(
unclean
).
2
Correcting
PG
ϟ σχϟ τοις
(
last
) to
Coislin 109
ai)sxi/stoij (
shameful
)
3
ἁ
πλ
ῶ
ς
το
ύ
των
ἐ
ρ
ᾷ
ς
τ
ῶ
ν
ὑ
π
ὸ
χειρ
ῶ
ν
,
κα
ὶ
ἐ
ν
χ
ά
ρτ
ῃ
δι
ὰ
µ
έ
λανος
τ
ὸ
ε
ἲ
ναι
ἐ
χ
ό
ντων
,
ἀ
λλ
ὰ
τ
ῶ
ν
ἐ
ν
ν
ῷ
ἰ
δρυµ
έ
νων
δι
'
ἀ
γ
ά
πης
,
κα
ὶ
ἀ
µνησικακ
ί
ας
.
Ἀ
λλ
'
ἐ
πε
ὶ
π
ά
ντα
δισσ
ὰ
,
ἓ
ν
κατ
'
ἔ
ναντι
το
ῦ
ἑ
ν
ὸ
ς
,
κατ
ὰ
τ
ὸ
ν
σοφ
ὸ
ν
'
Ιησο
ῦ
ν
,
δ
έ
χου
πρ
ὸ
ς
τ
ῷ
γρ
ά
µµατι
κα
ὶ
τ
ῷ
πνε
ύ
µατι·
κα
ὶ
σ
ύ
νες
,
ὡ
ς
π
ά
ντως
το
ῦ
γρ
ά
µµατος
νο
ῦ
ς
προηγε
ῖ
ται·
ο
ὐ
κ
ὄ
ντος
γ
ὰ
ρ
το
ύ
του
,
ο
ὐ
δ
ὲ
γρ
ά
µµα
ἔ
σται
.to ink on a piece of paper; you desire chaptersfixed in the mind through love and through lack of resentment. Since ‘everything is twofold,one facing another’, as the wise Jesus says, [li.20] receive these chapters in the spirit as wellas in the letter And you must appreciate thatmind takes precedence in every way over theletter, because without mind there will be noletter.
Ο
ὐ
κο
ῦ
ν
κα
ὶ
προσευχ
ῆ
ς
διττ
ὸ
ς
ὁ
τρ
ό
πος
,
ὁ
µ
έ
ν
τις
πρακτικ
ὸ
ς
,
ὁ
δ
ὲ
θεωρητικ
ὸ
ς
,
ο
ὕ
τω
κα
ὶ
ἀ
ριθµο
ῦ
,
τ
ὸ
µ
ὲ
ν
πρ
ό
χειρ
ό
ς
ἐ
στι
προσ
ό
της
,
τ
ὸ
δ
ὲ
σηµαιν
ό
µενον
ποι
ό
της·
Similarly there is a twofold modality of prayer,one active, the other contemplative. In the sameway there is [li. 25] the external surface of number, which is quantity, and there is theinner significance, which is quality.
ε
ἰ
ς
ἑ
κατ
ὸ
ν
ο
ὖ
ν
πεντ
ή
κοντα
τρι
ῶ
ν
τ
ὸ
ν
περ
ὶ
προσευχ
ῆ
ς
λ
ό
γον
διειληφ
ό
ντες
,
ε
ὐ
αγγελικ
ὸ
ν
ὀ
ψ
ώ
νι
ό
ν
σοι
πεπ
ό
µφαµεν
,
ἵ
να
ε
ὕ
ρ
ῃ
ς
συµβολικο
ῦ
ἀ
ριθµο
ῦ
τερπν
ό
τητα
κα
ὶ
σχ
ῆ
µα
τρ
ί
γωνον
,
κα
ὶ
ἐ
ξ
ά
γωνον
,
ὁ
µο
ῦ
µ
ὲ
ν
ε
ὐ
σεβ
ῆ
γν
ῶ
σιν
Τρι
ά
δος
,
ὁ
µο
ῦ
δ
ὲ
κα
ὶ
τ
ῆ
σδε
τ
ῆ
ς
διακοσµ
ή
σεως
τ
ὴ
ν
περιγραφ
ὴ
ν
ὑ
ποφα
ῖ
νον
.In dividing my book on prayer into ahundred and fifty-three parts, I am sending youa titbit from the gospels, to give you thepleasure of a symbolic number, in which youwill [li. 30] find both a triangular and ahexagonal form, signifying at once bothreverent knowledge of the Trinity and thedelimitation of this world-order.
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