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Mar 25, 2021 · A list of eight evil thoughts penned by a monk in the fourth century evolved into the seven deadly sins by the 13th century. ... but Evagrius did include sadness. “Sadness is closely related to ...
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Evagrius Ponticus. Evagrius Ponticus (left), John of Sinai, and an unknown saint. 17th-century icon. Evagrius Ponticus (Greek: Εὐάγριος ὁ Ποντικός), also called Evagrius the Solitary (345–399 AD), was a Christian monk and ascetic from Heraclea, a city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor. One of the most influential ...
Oct 20, 2017 · In AD 375, Evagrius developed a comprehensive list of eight evil “thoughts” (λογισμοι; logísmoi), or eight terrible temptations, from which all sinful behavior springs. This list was intended to serve a diagnostic purpose: to help his readers (fellow desert monks) identify the process of temptation, their own strengths and weaknesses, and the remedies available for overcoming ...
May 8, 2021 · In the fourth century, a Christian monk named Evagrius Ponticus wrote down what’s known as the “eight evil thoughts”: gluttony, lust, avarice, anger, sloth, sadness, vainglory and pride. Evagrius wasn’t writing for a general audience. As an ascetic monk in the Eastern Christian church, he was writing to other monks about how these eight ...
There are eight generic [tempting-] thoughts (logismoi), that contain within themselves every [tempting-]thought: first is that of gluttony; and with it, sexual immorality; third, love of money; fourth, sadness; fifth, anger; sixth acedia; seventh, vainglory; eighth, pride. Whether these thoughts are able to disturb the soul or not is not up to ...
Jul 24, 2003 · Evagrius elaborated this symbolism in KG6. 49, ‘Egypt signifies evil; the desert the practical life; the land of Judah, the contemplation of bodies; Jerusalem, that of the incorporeals; and Zion is the symbol of the Trinity.’ 12 The ‘slow traveller’ camped in the desert then is one who is stuck in the struggles of the practical life.
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Aug 6, 2012 · Evagrius Ponticus (c. 346-399) was an Egyptian monastic, and one of the earliest spiritual writers on asceticism in the Christian eremitic tradition. He is also called Evagrius of Pontus or Evagrius the Solitary. Although condemned in proceedings associated with the Fifth Ecumenical Council his writings, many passed under pseudonyms, exercised ...
