a spiritual contest, receives the height of the spiritual mysteries and of the hidden treasures of wisdom, and the more he grows in grace, the more he advances in knowing the «designs» of evil.

πνευματικὸν ἀγῶνα ἀκμὴν λαμβάνει τῶν πνευματικῶν μυστηρίων καὶ τῶν τῆς σοφίας ἀποκρύφων θησαυρῶν, καὶ ὅσῳ ἐν τῇ χάριτι αὐξάνει, τοσούτῳ προκόπτει εἰς τὸ γινώσκειν τὰ τῆς κακίας «νοήματα».