Evagrius Ponticus

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

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

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

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

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 34[35].12

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

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

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 36[37].9

  12. 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

  13. 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

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

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 38[39].5

  15. Psalms 40:2
    The pit of misery is evil and ignorance.… The rock is faith in Christ. “And he directs my steps” by actions and true teachings.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 39[40].3

  16. Psalms 40:3
    After we are made free from all unbridled emotion, we sing a new song, having been renewed in our home.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 39[40].4

  17. Psalms 42:3
    Nothing nourishes like that which nourishes the spirit. Blessed are those who weep, for they will laugh.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS

  18. Psalms 42:3
    Seeing that God is Creator, he is in everything made; seeing that he is excellence and wisdom, he is in all holy powers.… God is even in people sometimes in excellence, sometimes in accomplishment: it is of angels to behave always according to God; of demons, never; of people to behave sometimes rightly, sometimes not.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 41[42].4

  19. Psalms 42:6
    When we come up against the demon of acedia, then with tears let us divide the soul and have one part offer consolation and the other receive consolation. And sowing within ourselves goodly hopes, let us chant with holy David this [verse].

    PRAKTIKOS 27

  20. Psalms 42:10
    It is of the greatest ignorance to think that God is in a place. God does not stand in a place. He is free.

    NOTES ON THE PSALMS 41[42].11

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