The praktikos and chapters on prayer

'Translated, with an introduction and notes, by John Eudes Bamberger.'

Preface -- Jean Leclercq. Introduction. Recovery of the Evagrian writings. Life. The history of Evagrian theology. The writings. Evagrius the writer. Doctrine. Praktikos. Chapters on prayer

'Evagrius Ponticus is the living link through whom the ascetic principles of hellenistic philosophers passed into the mainstream of christian monasticism. Although not known by name for generations, Evagrius molded the ideals of western asceticism through his own widely-disseminated works and through his influence on intermediaries like John Cassian and, through Cassian, Saint Benedict of Nursia. To those seeking God alone, he counselled absolute solitude: the solitude of separation from the world and the solitude of the human soul.'

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