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By Augustine Casiday
Providing many texts on hand for the first actual time, this new quantity within the winning Early Church Fathers sequence showcases complete translations of Evagrius' letters, notes on numerous books of the bible, his treatises and his 'chapters'. Augustine Casiday's fabric is either actual and refreshingly approachable, and the paintings is prefaced by means of an effective introductory essay that provides Evagrius, his paintings and affects, and sleek scholarship in an easy-to-understand means for newbies. for college kids facing Evagrius for the 1st time, they can no longer discover a larger booklet to start their exploration of this determine in late-ancient heritage and theology.
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In fact, the view is quite commonly expressed that, in the Great letter, Evagrius has at long last spoken clearly and without riddles. 26 But there is a fundamental flaw in this approach to Evagrius. The best way to see this is to compare two relevant passages from Evagrius – Praktikos, intro. §9 and Great letter §17. Here, then, are Evagrius’ words at Praktikos, intro. §9: Now, concerning the ascetic and gnostic life, what we shall fully describe (instead of such things as we have seen or heard) are such things as we have learned from [the Elders] to tell to others, setting out in concise form the ascetic teachings in one hundred chapters on the one hand, and on the other the gnostic teachings in fifty followed by six hundred.
In a syllabus of ascetic theology written perhaps in the twelfth century, we find a good statement of this process: But if from good greed and humility you seek the three books of Evagrius, you will be hindered by nothing; rather, they will be useful to you, who shall see the depth of wisdom elevating you from ethical deeds to contemplation. 101 The implied caution is surprisingly gentle – skill is needed, but nothing hinders the reader from following Evagrius’ programme of spiritual development.
9 (a foundational work) and from his obscure worrying about entrusting certain teachings to the written word at Great letter §17 (an advanced work). Encountering this secrecy, scholars naturally want to know what it is that Evagrius forbears to write out. We will therefore want to pose two related questions: what are the reasons for identifying his esoteric teachings as Origenist speculation, and are there any alternative explanations? At Great letter §1, Evagrius writes: You know that when those who are separated far from each other by a great distance (which many different necessities may occasionally bring about) want to know – or to make known to one another – those intentions and hidden secrets that are not for everyone and are not to be revealed to anyone except those who have a kindred mind, they do so through letters.