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Concerning impassibility and a virtuous life. And how one must cut off one's own will and ascend to the height of perfection. And concerning the connection of God to the soul and of the soul to the body and the paradoxical union of the three. And in addition to these things, concerning spiritual medicine and how one must heal those who are spiritually sick. ...... 97

DISCOURSE VII. (243) ........................................................................................................ 104 Concerning those who serve God, who they might be, and of what sort and kind. And who is

the one who repents and what is his work, and who is the one who pursues the ascetic life and what is his work, and who is the one who serves God and what is his work. And that, if we do not acquire the virtues, the mere deliverance from the passions will not benefit us at all............. 104

DISCOURSE VIII. (264)........................................................................................................ 113 Concerning the love of God and faith and how one becomes pregnant with the love of God.

And concerning the illumination and vision of light and the mystical converse of the Spirit. ...................................................................................................................... 113

DISCOURSE IX. (272)........................................................................................................ 117 Concerning true knowledge and that the knowledge of God comes not from studies, but from

purity and grace from above to the diligent one; and that it is difficult to judge; and a refutation of those who think they know the things of the Spirit without the Spirit; in which also is something concerning the holiness of the Father; and what a good thing faith is and what is its fruit and how it increases; and that those who have the treasure of the Spirit in themselves also recognize it when it is in others; and what are the signs of the saints and how and to whom they are made known; and that he who is not born from above cannot see God who has begotten him, nor recognize the one who has attained this through the Spirit.117

DISCOURSE X. (290) ........................................................................................................ 124 Concerning the fearful day of the Lord and the future judgment, that even before

death it is at work in us who are already being purified here by tears, and for those in whom it occurs during the present life, it does not meet them in the life to come. And what is the day of the Lord and to whom it is suddenly revealed. And that faith in Christ alone cannot save us, unless we also become partakers of the Holy Spirit consciously, and that not all who are baptized receive Christ through baptism. And how one can know if he carries Christ within him and has become a partaker of the Holy Spirit. And an interpretation, as in passing, of "In the beginning was the Word." And a blessing upon those who, through struggles, have received the visitation of the Spirit. ......................................................................................... 124

DISCOURSE XI. (322)...................................................................................................... 138 Concerning the life-giving mortification of Jesus and God which ever takes place

perceptibly in the perfect. And that the acquisition of the virtues is bought with blood; and what are the dwelling-places of the virtues, and that he who does not ascend in order through the first step into the kingdom of heaven will by no means enter into it. That in the perfect there is joy and exultation, and not tears, and the streams of theology gush forth. And towards the end, that one must not leap into positions of authority without the grace that gives assurance to our hearts, which calls one to shepherd the people of God; and what is the work of those in authority, and what is the care for the rational sheep, and how they ought to be shepherded by the shepherds. 138

DISCOURSE XII (347)........................................................................................................ 150 On the saying of the Apostle: "Redeeming the time, because the

days are evil." And how one wisely redeems the time of the present life................................................................................................................ 150

DISCOURSE XIII (355) ........................................................................................................ 153

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Περί ἀπαθείας καί ἐναρέτου ζωῆς. Καί ὅπως χρή τό οἰκεῖον ἐκκόπτειν θέλημα καί εἰς ὕψος ἀνέρχεσθαι τελειότητος. Καί περί συναφείας Θεοῦ πρός ψυχήν καί ψυχῆς πρός σῶμα καί ἑνώσεως τῶν τριῶν παραδόξου. Καί πρός τούτοις περί πνευματικῆς ἰατρείας καί ὅπως χρή θεραπεύειν τούς ψυχικῶς ἀσθενοῦντας. ...... 97

ΛΟΓΟΣ Ζ΄. (243) ........................................................................................................ 104 Περί τῶν δουλευόντων Θεῷ, τίνες τε εἶεν και ὁποῖοι καί ποταποί. Καί τίς ἐστιν

ὁ μετανοῶν καί ἡ ἐργασία αὐτοῦ, καί τίς ὁ τήν ἀσκητικήν ζωήν μετερχόμενος καί ἡ ἐργασία αὐτοῦ, καί τίς ὁ δουλεύων Θεῷ καί τό ἔργον αὐτοῦ. Καί ὅτι, ἐάν μή τάς ἀρετάς κτησώμεθα, οὐδέν ἡμᾶς ἀπαλλαγή μόνον τῶν παθῶν ὠφελήσει............. 104

ΛΟΓΟΣ Η΄. (264)........................................................................................................ 113 Περί ἀγάπης Θεοῦ καί πίστεως καί ὅπως τις ἐγκύμων γίνεται τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ

ἀγάπης. Καί περί ἐλλάμψεως καί θεωρίας φωτός καί μυστικῆς ὁμιλίας τοῦ Πνεύματος. ...................................................................................................................... 113

ΛΟΓΟΣ Θ΄. (272)........................................................................................................ 117 Περί γνώσεως ἀληθινῆς καί ὅτι ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ γνῶσις οὐκ ἐκ μαθημάτων, ἀλλ᾿ ἐκ

καθαρότητος καί τῆς ἄνωθεν χάριτος ἐπιγίνεται τῷ σπουδαίῳ· καί ὅτι χαλεπόν τό κρίνειν· καί ἔλεγχος τῶν οἰομένων εἰδέναι τά τοῦ Πνεύματος χωρίς Πνεύματος· ἐν ᾧ καί περί τῆς τοῦ Πατρός ἁγιωσύνης· καί οἷον ἀγαθόν ἐστιν ἡ πίστις καί τίς ὁ ταύτης καρπός καί ὅπως αὐξάνεται· καί ὅτι οἱ τόν θησαυρόν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἐσχηκότες τοῦ Πνεύματος καί ἐν ἄλλοις ὄντα γνωρίζουσι· καί τίνα τῶν ἁγίων τά σημεῖα καί πῶς καί τίσι γνωρίζονται· καί ὅτι ὁ μή γεννηθείς ἄνωθεν οὐ δύναται ἰδεῖν τόν γεγεννηκότα Θεόν οὐδέ γνωρίσαι τόν εἰς τοῦτο πεφθακότα διά τοῦ Πνεύματος.117

ΛΟΓΟΣ Ι ΄. (290) ........................................................................................................ 124 Περί τῆς φοβερᾶς τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμέρας καί τῆς μελλούσης κρίσεως, ὅτι καί πρό

τοῦ θανάτου ἐν ἡμῖν ἔνθεν ἤδη καθαιρομένοις διά δακρύων ἐνεργεῖται ἐν οἷς ἄν ἐγγένηται κατά τήν παροῦσαν ζωήν, κατά τήν μέλλουσαν οὐχ ὑπαντᾶ. Καί τίς ἐστιν ἡ ἡμέρα Κυρίου καί τίσιν αἴφνης ἀποκαλύπτεται. Καί ὅτι ἡ εἰς Χριστόν πίστις οὐ δύναται μόνη σῶσαι ἡμᾶς, εἰ μή καί Πνεύματος Ἁγίου γνωστῶς γενώμεθα μέτοχοι καί ὅτι οὐχί πάντες οἱ βαπτιζόμενοι διά τοῦ βαπτίσματος λαμβάνουσι τόν Χριστόν. Καί πῶς δύναταί τις γνῶναι εἰ περιφέρει ἐν αὐτῷ τόν Χριστόν καί Πνεύματος Ἁγίου γέγονε μέτοχος. Καί ἑρμηνεία ὡς ἐν παραδρομῇ εἰς τό « Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος». Καί μακαρισμός εἰς τούς ἐξ ἀγώνων τήν ἐπιφοίτησιν δεξαμένους τοῦ Πνεύματος. ......................................................................................... 124

ΛΟΓΟΣ ΙΑ '. (322)...................................................................................................... 138 Περί τῆς ζωοποιοῦ νεκρώσεως τοῦ Ἰησοῦ καί Θεοῦ τῆς ἀεί γινομένης

εὐαισθήτως ἐν τοῖς τελείοις. Καί ὅτι ἡ κτῆσις τῶν ἀρετῶν αἵματι ἀγοράζεται· καί τίνα τῶν ἀρετῶν τά καταγώγια καί ὅτι ὁ μή διά τῆς πρώτης βαθμίδος κατά τάξιν εἰς τήν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνερχόμενος οὐδαμῶς εἰσελεύσεται εἰς αὐτήν. Ὅτι ἐν τοῖς τελείοις χαρά καί ἀγαλλίασίς ἐστι, καί οὐ δάκρυον, καί βρύουσι τῆς θεολογίας τά ῥεῖθρα. Καί πρός τό τέλος, ὅτι δεῖ ἐπιπηδᾶν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς ἄνευ τῆς πληροφούσης τάς καρδίας ἡμῶν χάριτος, τῆς ἐπί τό ποιμαίνειν καλούσης τόν λαόν τοῦ Θεοῦ· καί τί τό ἔργον τῶν προϊσταμένων, τίς δέ ἡ περί τά λογικά πρόβατα φροντίς, καί πῶς ὀφείλουσι ταῦτα παρά τῶν ποιμένων ποιμαίνεσθαι. 138

ΛΟΓΟΣ ΙΒ΄ (347)........................................................................................................ 150 Εἰς τό ῥητόν τό λέγον τοῦ Ἀποστόλου· «Ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τόν καιρόν, ὅτι αἱ

ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσί». Καί πῶς ἐξαγοράζεταί τις φρονίμως τόν καιρόν τῆς παρούσης ζωῆς................................................................................................................ 150

ΛΟΓΟΣ ΙΓ΄ (355) ........................................................................................................ 153