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Evagrius Ponticus

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500 · 114 passages across 8 books

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Psalms 43:3

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

The holy mount of God is Christ. His tabernacle indwells the virtues of the righteous.

NOTES ON THE PSALMS 42[43].3

Psalms 44:8

In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

Blessed is the one engaged in praise the whole day, namely, through his life, which lacks the uproar of emotions and is filled with an understanding of God.

NOTES ON THE PSALMS 43[44].9

Psalms 45:3

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

The sword separates the spirit from evil and the mind from ignorance, destroying the old man and making him new in Christ.

NOTES ON THE PSALMS 44[45].4

Psalms 46:4

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

The city of God, or the church, is the reasonable spirit. The flowing of the river is the gifts of the Spirit.

NOTES ON THE PSALMS 45[46].5

Psalms 46:9

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

In this place the writer understands the worst habits and wicked thoughts in the words of bow, weapons and bucklers.

NOTES ON THE PSALMS 45[46].10

Psalms 47:7

For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

Pray as is fitting and without trouble, practice psalmody with understanding and harmony, and you will be like a young eagle soaring in the heights.
Psalms 47:8

God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

The throne of God is Christ. The throne of Christ is the reasonable nature.

NOTES ON THE PSALMS 46[47].9

Psalms 48:2

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

Joy is rooted in Christ.… His root is God the Word, which is in himself.

NOTES ON THE PSALMS 47[48].3

Psalms 48:10

According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

The right hand of God is Christ, who is filled with righteousness and from his fullness we receive everything.

NOTES ON THE PSALMS 47[48].11

Psalms 49:4

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

One who is in a calm spirit sings psalms. Through psalms he opens teaching. Through tranquility of spirit he understands teaching.

NOTES ON THE PSALMS 48[49].4, 5

Psalms 50:2

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

Our God will come openly. Our God is Christ. Christ will come openly in the flesh. We, therefore, understand that openly means “in the flesh.” And this flesh is perceived by the senses.

NOTES ON THE PSALMS 49[50].3

Psalms 50:10-11

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

All created things are under the providence of God. Does not even one sparrow fall without the Father who is in heaven knowing?

NOTES ON THE PSALMS 49[50].10

Psalms 50:17

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

Discipline is the moderation of the emotions.

NOTES ON THE PSALMS 49[50].17

Psalms 127:1

A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

The cowl is a symbol of the charity of God our Savior. It protects the most important part of the body and keeps us, who are children in Christ, warm. Thus it can be said to afford protection against those who attempt to strike and wound us. Consequently, all who wear this cowl on their heads sing these words aloud: “If the Lord does not build the house and keep the city, in vain does the builder labor and the watchman stand his guard.” Such words as these instill humility and root out that long-standing evil, which is pride and which caused Lucifer, who rose like the day star in the morning, to be cast down to the earth.

PRAKTIKOS, INTRODUCTORY LETTER TO ANATOLIUS

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