Evagrius Ponticus

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

114 passages across 8 books of the Bible · Who was this?

On Psalms

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  1. Psalms 32:3
    Strong spirits do not wax old from continual shouting to God, but they are renewed from day to day. From silence they wax old, entangling people who are corrupted through false desires.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 31[32].3

  2. Psalms 32:5
    A righteous person accuses himself at the beginning of his speech.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 31[32]: 5, 6

  3. Psalms 32:5
    Pray first to receive tears, so that through compunction you may be able to mollify the wildness that is in your soul, and, having confessed against yourself your transgression to the Lord, you may obtain forgiveness from him.

    CHAPTERS ON PRAYER 5

  4. Psalms 32:9
    He calls the irrational movement of spirit “horse” and “mule.” Intellect is rational thinking and judgment.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 31[32].9

  5. Psalms 33:1
    The Lord is wise, so by rejoicing in the Lord, the righteous rejoice in wisdom.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 32[33].1

  6. Psalms 33:7
    Praise is the movement of the spirit translated from ignorance to virtue and knowledge.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 32[33].8

  7. Psalms 33:10
    The plans of the nations and the councils of the leaders and the understanding of the peoples are tested by the Lord as contrary to his will—who desires all people to come to salvation and truth.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 32[33].10

  8. Psalms 33:15
    The demons do not know our hearts, as some people think, for the Lord alone is “knower of hearts,” “who knows the mind of human beings” and “who alone fashioned their hearts.” Rather, [demons] recognize the many mental representations that are in the heart on the basis of a word that is expressed and movements of the body.

    ON THOUGHTS 37

  9. Psalms 33:21
    The heart of the righteous does not delight in food and drink but in justice, knowledge and wisdom.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 32[33].20

  10. Psalms 34:8
    If we taste the Lord, we taste through faith. If he is good, it is through the knowledge of his goodness that we taste.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 33[34].9

  11. Psalms 35:1
    He who conquers in war reduces the enemies to slavery: Christ has overcome the world. Hence, … all become his servants.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 34[35].2

  12. Psalms 35:8
    I think this speaks about the cross on which the devil falls unknowingly. For if he had known never would he have affixed the Lord of glory to the cross.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 34[35].8

  13. Psalms 35:12
    Fruitless is the soul that births nothing good and does good for no one.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 34[35].12

  14. Psalms 35:26
    Those who are baptized into Christ put on Christ; this is justice and wisdom. Those who are baptized into Satan are clothed in confusion and shame.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 34[35].26

  15. Psalms 36:9
    Since the fount is life and life is Christ, the fount is Christ.… By meditating on what is made we will see Christ, and in understanding Christ, we will see God.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 35[36].10

  16. Psalms 36:11
    Pride is an unsound vehicle, and one who gets into it is quickly thrown. The humble person always stands firm, and the foot of pride will never trip him.

    ON THE EIGHT THOUGHTS 8:13

  17. Psalms 37:9
    Nothing else is destroyed but that which is cut off from God.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 36[37].9

  18. Psalms 37:15
    When one of the enemies approaches to wound you and you want to “turn his own sword back against his heart,” according to the Scripture text, then do as we tell you. Distinguish within yourself the thought he has launched against you, as to what it is, how many elements it consists of and among these what sort of thing it is that most afflicts the mind.… As you engage in this careful examination, the thought will be destroyed and dissipate in its own consideration, and the demon will flee from you when your intellect has been raised to the heights by this knowledge.

    ON THOUGHTS 19

  19. Psalms 39:2
    In temptation, good words flee from us and the spirit is silent. The soul speaks about those temptations that it recognizes and is silent about those it does not. In this place “good” indicates the virtues and knowledge that flee in the time of temptation.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 38[39].3

  20. Psalms 39:4
    The end of the rational nature is the understanding of the holy Trinity.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 38[39].5

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