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being discipled to them. And of what sort are their compassion and care. And how they intercede with God for them................................................................................ 99

Discourse 20. (273) ......................................................................................................... 101 Concerning renunciation and the cutting off of the will, to those who asked [him] to write to them

how one ought to complete the ascetic life. And that for this it is good and beneficial to make use of an experienced guide, that is, a spiritual father in order to learn the difficult work of virtue and the ascetic art. And concerning faith in spiritual fathers and the vision of light, by which every illumined soul advances in the love of God. ........................................................ 101

Discourse 21. (283)....................................................................................................... 105 Concerning the remembrance of death. And what a good end his thrice-blessed

brother Antony had. And at the end, a funeral oration for him. .............................. 105 Discourse 22. (289) ....................................................................................................... 107 Concerning faith. And a teaching concerning those who say it is not possible in the midst

of worldly affairs to attain the perfection of the virtues. And a beneficial narrative from the prefaces. ....................................................................................................................... 107

Discourse 23. (302) ....................................................................................................... 113 Concerning repentance and the fear of God. And what a struggle of soul and pain

of heart he who repents with a contrite spirit has. And what are the things he says and prays to the merciful Lord............................................................... 113

Discourse 24. (311)....................................................................................................... 116 Concerning spiritual knowledge. And that the hidden of the Spirit

treasure in the letter of the divine Scripture is not manifest to all even who wish it, but only to those who have acquired the One who opens the mind to understand the Scriptures. ..................................................................................................... 116

Discourse 25. (319) ....................................................................................................... 119 Concerning the alteration of soul and body, of those [alterations] from the air, from the elements, from

foods and from demons that happen to us. ............................................. 119 Discourse 26. (328) ..................................................................................................... 122 Concerning the beginning of a very beneficial and salvific life, suitable for those who have just

renounced the world and the things in the world and are turning towards the monastic life. And a most profitable teaching for beginners................................................ 122

Discourse 27. (340) ....................................................................................................... 127 Concerning not being neglectful regarding the keeping of the commandments of God, nor

despising one single one of them, but to strive to keep them all together, lest as despisers we be shut out of the bridal chamber. And concerning enduring temptations nobly............................................................................................ 127

Discourse 28. (355) ...................................................................................................... 133 Concerning the life-giving mortification which comes from the Spirit to those who are struggling, even before

death. And that those who in grace have become superior to the law receive the grace of the divine light consciously within themselves; for those who have not yet received this light in the present life, nor behold it, are still under the shadow of the law and will be judged by it. And of what sort the leader and the priest ought to be, who has received from above the authority to bind and to loose. And that to him who truly performs the sacred rites and is illumined by the divine light, all are manifest, both those who walk in the Spirit of God and those who have not yet put off the man of dust. ........................................................................... 133

Discourse 29. (372)....................................................................................................... 139

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μαθητευομένους αὐτοῖς. Καί ὁποῖα τά σπλάγχνα καί ἡ φροντίς αὐτῶν. Καί ὅπως ὑπέρ αὐτῶν ἐντυγχάνουσι τῷ Θεῷ................................................................................ 99

Λόγος Κ΄. (273) ......................................................................................................... 101 Περί ἀποταγῆς καί ἐκκοπῆς θελήματος, πρός τούς αἰτήσαντας γράψαι αὐτοῖς

πῶς ὀφείλει τις τόν ἀσκητικόν διανύσαι βίον. Καί ὅτι καλόν ἐπί τούτῳ καί ἐπωφελές ἐμπείρῳ χρήσασθαι ὁδηγῷ ἤγουν πνευματικῷ πατρί εἰς τό αμαθεῖν τά τῆς ἀρετῆς καί τῆς ἀσκητικῆς τέχνης τήν δυσκατόρθωτον ἐργασίαν. Καί περί πίστεως τῆς εἰς τούς πνευματικούς πατέρας καί θεωρίας φωτός, ὑφ᾿ οὗ πᾶσα φωτιζομένη ψυχή προκόπτει εἰς ἀγάπην Θεοῦ. ........................................................ 101

Λόγος ΚΑ΄. (283)....................................................................................................... 105 Περί μνήμης θανάτου. Καί οἷον ἀγαθόν τέλος δέδωκεν ὁ τρισόλβιος αὐτοῦ

ἀδελφός Ἀντώνιος. Καί πρός τῷ τέλει, ἐπιτάφιος πρός αὐτόν. .............................. 105 Λόγος ΚΒ΄. (289) ....................................................................................................... 107 Περί πίστεως. Καί διδασκαλία περί τῶν λεγόντων μή εἶναι δυνατόν ἐν μέσῳ

τῶν βιωτικῶν τό τέλειον φθάσαι τῶν ἀρετῶν. Καί διήγησις ἐκ προοιμίων ἐπωφελής. ....................................................................................................................... 107

Λόγος ΚΓ΄. (302) ....................................................................................................... 113 Περί μετανοίας καί φόβου Θεοῦ. Καί ὁποῖον ἀγῶνα ἔχει ψυχῆς καί πόνον

καρδίας ὁ μετά συντετριμμένου τοῦ πνεύματος μετανοῶν. Καί τίνα εἰσίν ἅ λέγει καί πρός τόν φιλάνθρωπον Κύριον εὔχεται............................................................... 113

Λόγος Κ∆΄. (311)....................................................................................................... 116 Περί γνώσεως πνευματικῆς. Καί ὅτι ὁ ἐγκεκρυμμένος τοῦ Πνεύματος

θησαυρός ἐν τῷ γράμματι τῆς θείας Γραφῆς οὐ πᾶσιν εὔδηλός ἐστι καί τοῖς βουλομένοις, ἀλλά μόνοις τοῖς τόν διανοίγοντα τόν νοῦν κτησαμένοις εἰς τό συνιέναι τάς Γραφάς. ..................................................................................................... 116

Λόγος ΚΕ΄. (319) ....................................................................................................... 119 Περί ἀλλοιώσεως ψυχῆς τε καί σώματος, τῶν ἐξ ἀέρος, τῶν ἐκ στοιχείων, τῶν

ἐκ βρωμάτων καί τῶν δαιμόνων ἐπιγινομένων ἡμῖν. ............................................. 119 Λόγος Κστ΄. (328) ..................................................................................................... 122 Περί ἀρχῆς βίου λίαν ἐπωφελοῦς καί σωτηρίου, ἁρμοζούσης τοῖς ἄρτι τῷ

κόσμῳ καί τοῖς ἐν κόσμῳ ἀποτασσομένοις καί πρός τόν μοναδικόν ἀποτρέχουσι βίον. Καί διδασκαλίας εἰς ἀρχαρίους λυσιτελεστάτη................................................ 122

Λόγος ΚΖ΄. (340) ....................................................................................................... 127 Περί τοῦ μή ἀμελῶς ἔχειν περί τήν ἐργασίαν τῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐντολῶν, μηδέ

καταφρονεῖν μιᾶς καί μόνης αὐτῶν, ἀλλ᾿ ἀγωνίζεσθαι τηρεῖν ὁμοῦ πάσας, ἵνα μή ὡς καταφρονηταί ἔξω τοῦ νυμφῶνος ἀποκλεισθῶμεν. Καί περί τοῦ ὑπομένειν γενναίως τούς πειρασμούς............................................................................................ 127

Λόγος ΚΗ΄. (355) ...................................................................................................... 133 Περί τῆς ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος ἐγγινομένης τοῖς ἀγωνιζομένοις καί πρό τοῦ

θανάτου ζωοποιοῦ νεκρώσεως. Καί ὅτι οἱ ἐν τῇ χάριτι ὑπέρ τόν νόμον γενόμενοι τήν τοῦ θείου φωτός χάριν γνωστῶς ἐν ἑαυτοῖς λαμβάνουσιν· οἱ γάρ μή λαβόντες ἤδη τοῦτο τό φῶς κατά τήν παροῦσαν ζωήν, μηδέ καθορῶντες αὐτό, ἔτι ὑπό τήν σκιάν τοῦ νόμου εἰσί καί κριθήσονται ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ. Καί ὁποῖον δεῖ εἶναι τόν τε προηγούμενον καί τόν ἱερέα, τόν δεσμεῖν καί λύειν ἄνωθεν λαβόντα τήν ἐξουσίαν. Καί ὅτι τῷ ἀληθῶς ἱερουργοῦντι καί ὑπό τοῦ θείου καταλαμπομένῳ φωτός πάντες κατάδηλοι, αὐτοί τε οἱ Πνεύματι περιπατοῦντες Θεοῦ καί οἱ μήπω τόν χοϊκόν ἐκδυσάμενοι ἄνθρωπον. ........................................................................... 133

Λόγος ΚΘ΄. (372)....................................................................................................... 139